Breaking bad medical news in a dental care setting

Journal of the American Dental Association

Volumn 144, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 381-386

  Güneri, Pelin ^a   Epstein, Joel ^b,c,d   Botto, Ronald W ^e,f  

^a Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology   (Turkey)

^b Uro Oncology Research Program Department of Medicine Samuel Oschin Comprehensive Cancer Institute   (United States)

^c CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d CITY OF HOPE NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e Department of Oral Health Science ^*  (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY COLLEGE OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication; Dental education; Dentistry; Dentists; Diagnosis; Disclosure; Lesions; Mouth mucosa; Oral

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876967566     PISSN: 00028177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14219/jada.archive.2013.0131     Document Type: Article

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