Factors influencing the development of end-of-life communication skills: A focus group study of nursing and medical students

Nurse Education Today

Volumn 36, Issue , 2016, Pages 395-400

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

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Communication; Dying; End of life; Focus groups; Medical students; Nursing students; Qualitative

Indexed keywords

DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FAMILY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; TERMINAL CARE;

FAMILY; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 84951270734     PISSN: 02606917     EISSN: 15322793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nedt.2015.10.015     Document Type: Article

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