NephroTalk: Communication Tools to Enhance Patient-Centered Care

Seminars in Dialysis

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 611-616

  Schell, Jane O ^a   Arnold, Robert M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; PATIENT CARE;

AGED; COMMUNICATION; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS;

EID: 84870064690     PISSN: 08940959     EISSN: 1525139X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/sdi.12017     Document Type: Article

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