A medical oncologist's perspective on communication skills and burnout syndrome with psycho-oncological approach (To die with each patient one more time: The fate of the oncologists)

Medical Oncology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Tanriverdi, Ozgur ^a  

^a MUGLA SITKI KOCMAN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Burnout syndrome; Empathic opportunities; Empathy; Oncologists; Psycho oncology

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED CANCER; BURNOUT; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; COMMUNICATION SKILL; CONVERSATION; EMOTION; EMPATHY; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); ONCOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SELF CARE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; METHODOLOGY; NEOPLASM; PHYSICIAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; COMMUNICATION; HUMANS; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; NEOPLASMS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS;

EID: 84874797197     PISSN: 13570560     EISSN: 1559131X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12032-013-0530-y     Document Type: Review

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