Becoming a physician: Freedom from the tyranny of choice - Teaching the end-of-life conversation

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 366, Issue 18, 2012, Pages 1655-1657

  Lamas, Daniela ^a   Rosenbaum, Lisa ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AWARENESS; CAREER PLANNING; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; COMMUNICATION SKILL; CONVERSATION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PATIENT AUTONOMY; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; PROFESSIONALISM; RESUSCITATION; SHORT SURVEY; TERMINAL CARE; TREATMENT PLANNING; ADULT; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; EDITORIAL; FEMALE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT PARTICIPATION;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MALE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RESUSCITATION ORDERS; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 84860486222     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMp1201202     Document Type: Article

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