Internal medicine trainee self-assessments of end-of-life communication skills do not predict assessments of patients, families, or clinician-evaluators

Journal of Palliative Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 418-426

  Dickson, Robert P ^a   Engelberg, Ruth A ^b   Back, Anthony L ^a,c   Ford, Dee W ^d   Curtis, J Randall ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^d MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNICATION SKILL; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL STUDENT; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATIENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; SELF EVALUATION; TERMINAL CARE;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNICATION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; INTERNAL MEDICINE; PALLIATIVE CARE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF-ASSESSMENT; TRUTH DISCLOSURE;

EID: 84859793056     PISSN: 10966218     EISSN: 15577740     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2011.0386     Document Type: Article

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