Breaking bad news - development of a hospital-based training workshop

Lancet Oncology

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 380-384

  Abel, Julian ^a   Dennison, Sian ^b   Senior Smith, Gaye ^c   Dolley, Tracy ^b   Lovett, Jenny ^b   Cassidy, Sheila ^b  

^a Hospiscare   (United Kingdom)

^b DERRIFORD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c BRISTOL HAEMATOLOGY AND ONCOLOGY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EDUCATION; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; NEOPLASM; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT;

HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; TRUTH DISCLOSURE;

EID: 0040374677     PISSN: 14702045     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1470-2045(00)00393-4     Document Type: Note

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