Breaking bad news: Evaluation study on self-perceived competences and views of medical and nursing students taking part in a collaborative workshop

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 14, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1157-1161

  Schildmann, Jan ^a,b   Härlein, Jürgen ^b   Burchardi, Nicole ^c   Schlögl, Mathias ^a   Vollmann, Jochen ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^c PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Breaking bad news; Communication skills; Interprofessional education; Undergraduate medical education

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMMUNICATION SKILL; EVALUATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MEDICAL STUDENT; NORMAL HUMAN; NURSING COMPETENCE; NURSING STUDENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; SELF CONCEPT; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL CLERKSHIP; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNICATION; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; ROLE PLAYING; SELF CONCEPT; SELF-EVALUATION PROGRAMS; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; STUDENTS, NURSING; TRUTH DISCLOSURE;

EID: 33845428419     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-006-0064-3     Document Type: Article

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