Educational interventions to train healthcare professionals in end-of-life communication: A systematic review and meta-analysis

BMC Medical Education

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Chung, Han Oh ^a   Oczkowski, Simon J W ^b   Hanvey, Louise ^c   Mbuagbaw, Lawrence ^a,d   You, John J ^a,d  

^a Hamilton General Hospital ^*  (Canada)

^b HAMILTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c Saint Vincent Hospital   (Canada)

^d MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Advance care planning; Advance directives; Communication; Communication training; End of life care; Medical education

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION SKILL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF CONCEPT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TEACHING; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); TERMINAL CARE;

COMMUNICATION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; HUMANS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDIES AS TOPIC; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 84964643186     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12909-016-0653-x     Document Type: Article

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