Uncovering and validating clinicians' experiential knowledge when facing difficult conversations: A cross-cultural perspective

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 307-312

  Lamiani, Giulia ^a   Barello, Serena ^b   Browning, David M ^c   Vegni, Elena ^a   Meyer, Elaine C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b SAN PAOLO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Bad news; Communication skills; Continuing education; Experiential learning; Patient provider relationship

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMMUNICATION SKILL; CONCEPT ANALYSIS; CONTINUING EDUCATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVERSATION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERDISCIPLINARY EDUCATION; MALE; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; TEAMWORK; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNICATION; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TRUTH DISCLOSURE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84861233754     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: 18735134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2011.11.012     Document Type: Article

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