What do we know about giving bad news? A review

Clinical Pediatrics

Volumn 49, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 619-626

  Harrison, Mark Eldon ^a   Walling, Anne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE WICHITA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONSENSUS; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION PROGRAM; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MEDICAL STUDENT; NOTE; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RESIDENT; SKILL; CHILD; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN RELATION; LIFE EVENT; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICATION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TRUTH DISCLOSURE;

EID: 77954077625     PISSN: 00099228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0009922810361380     Document Type: Note

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