Personal fear of death affects the proper process of breaking bad news

Archives of Medical Science

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 127-131

  Ciałkowska Rysz, Aleksandra ^a   Zanowski, Tomasz Dzier ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

Author keywords

Breaking bad news; Education; Fear of death

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DEATH; FEAR; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PHILOSOPHY; PHYSICIAN; PROGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE;

EID: 84874868200     PISSN: 17341922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5114/aoms.2013.33353     Document Type: Article

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