Breaking an unexpected bad news: A study on the physician's communication style;La cattiva notizia inattesa: Uno studio pilota sulle strategie comunicative dei medici

Recenti Progressi in Medicina

Volumn 96, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 594-598

  Odone, Loredana ^a,b   Mauri, Emanuela ^a   Vegni, Elena ^a   Moja, Egidio Aldo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b SAN PAOLO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Breaking bad news; Physician patient relation; Simulated consultation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT COUNSELING; VIDEORECORDING; X RAY;

ADULT; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SIMULATION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS; PILOT PROJECTS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; TRUTH DISCLOSURE;

EID: 30944434846     PISSN: 00341193     EISSN: 00341193     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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