The validity of education and guidance for clinical communication in cancer care: Evidence-based practice will depend on practice-based evidence

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 193-199

  Salmon, Peter ^a   Young, Bridget ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cancer; Communication

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER RESEARCH; CANCER THERAPY; CLINICAL EDUCATION; COMMUNICATION SKILL; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; VALIDITY;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNICATION; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84872400187     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: 18735134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2012.04.010     Document Type: Article

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