The impact of an end-of-life communication skills intervention on physicians-in-training

Gerontology and Geriatrics Education

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 152-163

  Pekmezaris, Renee ^a,b,c,d   Walia, Rajni ^a   Nouryan, Christian ^a   Katinas, Lori ^a   Zeitoun, Nancy ^a   Alano, Gloria ^a   Guzik, Howard J ^a   Lester, Paula E ^e,f   Sunday, Suzanne ^c,d   Wolf Klein, Gisele ^b,d,g   Steinberg, Harry ^b,d,g  

^a Northwell Health   (United States)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c FEINSTEIN INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^d DONALD AND BARBARA ZUCKER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT HOFSTRA NORTHWELL   (United States)

^e WINTHROP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g North Shore LIJ Health System   (United States)

Author keywords

Communications skills; End of life; Physician training

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PHYSICIAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED STATES;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNICATION; CURRICULUM; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79956298876     PISSN: 02701960     EISSN: 15453847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02701960.2011.572051     Document Type: Article

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