The Palliative Care Clinical Evaluation Exercise (CEX): An experience-based intervention for teaching end-of-life communication skills

Academic Medicine

Volumn 80, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 669-676

  Han, Paul K J ^a   Keranen, Lisa B ^b   Lescisin, Dianne A ^c   Arnold, Robert M ^d  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EDUCATION; EVALUATION; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT COUNSELING; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; SELF CONCEPT; TEACHING; TERMINAL CARE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 21844446075     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001888-200507000-00009     Document Type: Article

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