Doctors' experience of stress during simulated bad news consultations

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 203-208

  Shaw, Joanne ^a   Brown, Rhonda ^b   Heinrich, Paul ^c   Dunn, Stewart ^c  

^a ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c ROYAL NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Breaking bad news; Health communication; Physiological stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTICIPATION; ARTICLE; BREAKING BAD NEWS CONSULTATION; COMMUNICATION SKILL; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; JOB STRESS; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MENTAL COMPLIANCE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; SKIN CONDUCTANCE; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORK EXPERIENCE;

BREAKING BAD NEWS; HEALTH COMMUNICATION; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS;

ADULT; FEMALE; GALVANIC SKIN RESPONSE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; PATIENT SIMULATION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TRUTH DISCLOSURE; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 84885389428     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: 18735134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2013.06.009     Document Type: Article

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