"Isn't there anything more you can do?": When empathic statements work, and when they don't

Journal of Palliative Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1429-1432

  Back, Anthony L ^a   Arnold, Robert M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COLON CANCER; COMMUNICATION SKILL; EMOTION; EMPATHY; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; METASTASIS; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PHYSICIAN;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMMUNICATION; EMOTIONS; EMPATHY; HUMANS; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS;

EID: 84887952823     PISSN: 10966218     EISSN: 15577740     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2013.0193     Document Type: Article

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