Effect of communication skills training program for oncologists based on patient preferences for communication when receiving bad news: A randomized controlled trial

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 32, Issue 20, 2014, Pages 2166-2172

  Fujimori, Maiko ^a,b   Shirai, Yuki ^a,c   Asai, Mariko ^a,d   Kubota, Kaoru ^e   Katsumata, Noriyuki ^f   Uchitomi, Yosuke ^a,g  

^a NATIONAL CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL EAST   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d TEIKYO HEISEI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^f NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL MUSASHI KOSUGI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^g OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMMUNICATION SKILL; COMMUNICATION SKILLS TRAINING PROGRAM; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONCOLOGIST; PATIENT INFORMATION; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF ESTEEM; SIMULATION; TRUST;

ADULT; ANXIETY; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNICATION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; TRUST; TRUTH DISCLOSURE;

EID: 84905828882     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: 15277755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2013.51.2756     Document Type: Article

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