Teaching medical students how to break bad news: A Turkish experience

Journal of Cancer Education

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 246-248

  Dikici, Mustafa Fevzi ^a   Yaris, Fusun ^a   Cubukcu, Mahcube ^a  

^a ONDOKUZ MAYIS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TEACHING; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; HUMANS; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; TEACHING; TRUTH DISCLOSURE; TURKEY;

EID: 73949111797     PISSN: 08858195     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08858190902972814     Document Type: Article

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