Enhancing student communication during end-of-life care: A pilot study

Palliative and Supportive Care

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1651-1661

  Bloomfield, Jacqueline G ^a   O'Neill, Bernadette ^b   Gillett, Karen ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Communication skills; End of life care; Medical students; Nursing students; Simulated patients; Simulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MEDICAL STUDENT; NURSING STUDENT; PILOT STUDY; PROCEDURES; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; TEACHING; TERMINAL CARE;

ADULT; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; LONDON; MALE; PATIENT SIMULATION; PILOT PROJECTS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; STUDENTS, NURSING; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 84928027571     PISSN: 14789515     EISSN: 14789523     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S147895151500022X     Document Type: Article

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