Breaking bad news

Digestive Diseases

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 56-58

  Schoefl, Rainer ^a  

^a ELISABETHINEN HOSPITAL   (Austria)

Author keywords

Bad news, breaking, disclosure; Cancer diagnosis; Death

Indexed keywords

CANCER DIAGNOSIS; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; DYING; EMOTION; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT INFORMATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVACY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW;

HUMANS; PERCEPTION; TRUTH DISCLOSURE;

EID: 37349011966     PISSN: 02572753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000109388     Document Type: Review

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