A GP guide to breaking bad news

Practitioner

Volumn 248, Issue 1659, 2004, Pages 392-403

  Barnett, Mandy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LIFE EVENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMMUNICATION; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; TRUTH DISCLOSURE;

EID: 4444351708     PISSN: 00326518     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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