Factors influencing physicians' detection of cancer patients' and relatives' distress: Can a communication skills training program improve physicians' detection?

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 260-269

  Merckaert, Isabelle ^a,b   Libert, Yves ^b   Delvaux, Nicole ^a,c   Marchal, Serge ^d   Boniver, Jacques ^e   Etienne, Anne Marie ^e   Klastersky, Jean ^b   Reynaert, Christine ^f   Scalliet, Pierre ^g   Slachmuylder, Jean Louis ^d   Razavi, Darius ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b JULES BORDET INSTITUTE   (Belgium)

^c ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^d CAM Training and Research Group   (Belgium)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^f UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^g CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Communication skills; Detection; Distress; Relatives; Training

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNICATION SKILL; CONTINUING EDUCATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; RATING SCALE; RELATIVE; SELF REPORT; STATISTICAL MODEL; WORKSHOP;

EID: 40949093646     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: 10991611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pon.1233     Document Type: Article

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