"Yes it's sad, but what should i do?": Moving from empathy to action in discussing goals of care

Journal of Palliative Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 141-144

  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

DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMPATHY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MOTIVATION; PALLIATIVE THERAPY;

COMMUNICATION; EMPATHY; GOALS; HUMANS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS;

EID: 84894216294     PISSN: 10966218     EISSN: 15577740     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2013.0197     Document Type: Article

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