A randomized, controlled trial of physician postures when breaking bad news to cancer patients

Palliative Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 501-505

  Bruera, Eduardo ^a   Palmer, J Lynn ^a   Pace, Ellen ^a   Zhang, Karen ^a   Willey, Jie ^a   Strasser, Florian ^a   Bennett, Michael I ^a  

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

Author keywords

Clinical trial; Communication skills; Palliative care

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BODY POSTURE; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMUNICATION SKILL; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SITTING; STANDING; UNITED STATES; VIDEORECORDING;

COMMUNICATION; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS; POSTURE; TRUTH DISCLOSURE;

EID: 35448957310     PISSN: 02692163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269216307081184     Document Type: Article

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