Increasing oncologists' skills in eliciting and responding to emotional cues: Evaluation of a communication skills training program

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 209-218

  Butow, Phyllis ^a   Cockburn, Jill ^b   Girgis, Afaf ^c   Bowman, Deborah ^c   Schofield, Penelope ^d   D'Este, Catherine ^e   Stojanovski, Elizabeth ^c   Tattersall, Martin H N ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^d International Education Research Centre   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^f University of Sydney   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cancer; Communication skills; Eliciting and responding to emotion; Oncology; Randomised controlled trial

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BURNOUT; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMUNICATION SKILL; CONTINUING EDUCATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; ONCOLOGIST; PHYSICIAN; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; ROLE PLAYING; SIMULATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STRESS; TEACHING HOSPITAL; VIDEOCONFERENCING; VIDEOTAPE; WORKSHOP;

ADULT; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; COMMUNICATION; CUES; EDUCATION; EXPRESSED EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SIMULATION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 40949158923     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: 10991611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pon.1217     Document Type: Article

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