Efficacy of communication skills training for giving bad news and discussing transitions to palliative care

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 167, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 453-460

  Back, Anthony L ^a,b   Arnold, Robert M ^c   Baile, Walter F ^d   Fryer Edwards, Kelly A ^a   Alexander, Stewart C ^e,f,h   Barley, Gwyn E ⁱ   Gooley, Ted A ^b   Tulsky, James A ^e,f,g,h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

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

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^e DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g DUKE CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^h DURHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER; COMMUNICATION SKILL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT INFORMATION; POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MALE; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TAPE RECORDING; TRUTH DISCLOSURE;

EID: 33947271274     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.167.5.453     Document Type: Article

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