Teaching and training in breaking bad news at the Dutch medical schools: A comparison

Medical Teacher

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 373-381

  Van Weel Baumgarten, E M ^a   Brouwers, M ^a   Grosfeld, F ^b   Hermus, F Jongen ^b   Van Dalen, J ^c   Bonke, B ^d  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL EDUCATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CURRICULUM; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; NETHERLANDS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TEACHING;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; CLINICAL CLERKSHIP; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COHORT STUDIES; COMMUNICATION; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; HUMANS; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT SIMULATION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; TRUTH DISCLOSURE;

EID: 84860124661     PISSN: 0142159X     EISSN: 1466187X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/0142159X.2012.668247     Document Type: Article

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