Serious illness communications checklist

Virtual Mentor

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1045-1049

  Bernacki, Rachelle E ^a   Block, Susan D ^b  

^a DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHECKLIST; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; TERMINAL CARE;

CHECKLIST; COMMUNICATION; HUMANS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 84902689436     PISSN: 19377010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2013.15.12.stas1-1312     Document Type: Review

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