Studying communication in oncologist-patient encounters: The SCOPE Trial

Palliative Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 813-819

  Koropchak, Celine M ^a   Pollak, Kathryn I ^b   Arnold, Robert M ^c,d   Alexander, Stewart C ^a,e   Skinner, Celette Sugg ^b   Olsen, Maren K ^a,e   Jeffreys, Amy S ^e   Rodriguez, Keri L ^d,f   Abernethy, Amy P ^a   Tulsky, James A ^a,e  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DUKE CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

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

^e DURHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Oncologist; Patient provider relationship; Physician patient communication

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDIO RECORDING; CANCER PATIENT; COMPACT DISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVERSATION; DATA COLLECTION METHOD; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT COUNSELING;

ADULT; AGED; CD-ROM; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNICATION; COMPETENCY-BASED EDUCATION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; TAPE RECORDING;

EID: 33846030173     PISSN: 02692163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269216306070657     Document Type: Article

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