Cancer: Communicating in the team game

ANZ Journal of Surgery

Volumn 74, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 477-481

  Boyle, Frances M ^a,b   Robinson, Emma ^a   Heinrich, Paul ^a   Dunn, Stewart M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b ROYAL NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Doctor; Medical litigation; Multidisciplinary teams; Patient communication; Professional burnout

Indexed keywords

CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONSULTATION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ERROR; HUMAN; INJURY; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LAW SUIT; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; TEAMWORK;

HUMANS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS;

EID: 3042836695     PISSN: 14451433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-1433.2004.03036.x     Document Type: Review

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