Effectiveness of the ACA (Availability, Current issues and Anticipation) training programme on GP-patient communication in palliative care; A controlled trial

BMC Family Practice

Volumn 14, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Slort, Willemjan ^a   Blankenstein, Annette H ^a   Schweitzer, Bart Pm ^a   Knol, Dirk L ^a   Deliens, Luc ^a,b   Aaronson, Neil K ^c   Van Der Horst, Henriëtte E ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c NETHERLANDS CANCER INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Communication; Controlled Clinical Trial; Education Medical Continuing; Family Practice; Palliative Care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROL GROUP; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL CLASS; STANDARD; STATISTICS; YOUNG ADULT; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNICATION; CONTROL GROUPS; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONERS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE LOCATION; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SOCIAL CLASS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84879827024     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2296-14-93     Document Type: Article

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