Disclosing a diagnosis of dementia: Helping learners to break bad news;Annonce d'un diagnostic de démence: Aider les apprenants à annoncer de mauvaises nouvelles

Canadian Family Physician

Volumn 57, Issue 7, 2011, Pages

  Lee, Linda ^a,b,c   Weston, W Wayne ^d,e  

^a Centre de Kitchener Waterloo   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Centre for Family Medicine Memory Clinic   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^e Comité des Activités Canadiennes de l'Institute for Healthcare Communication ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMNESIA; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMENTIA; DIAGNOSIS; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ERROR; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LEARNING; LIFESTYLE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT INFORMATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUALITY OF LIFE; REASSURANCE; ROLE PLAYING; SHORT SURVEY; THERAPEUTIC MISCONCEPTION;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DEMENTIA; FAMILY PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; TRUTH DISCLOSURE;

EID: 79960462916     PISSN: 0008350X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Short Survey

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