The Impact of Communication Skills Training on Cardiology Fellows' and Attending Physicians' Perceived Comfort with Difficult Conversations

Journal of Palliative Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2017, Pages 767-769

  Berlacher, Kathryn ^a   Arnold, Robert M ^a   Reitschuler Cross, Eva ^a   Teuteberg, Jeffrey ^a   Teuteberg, Winifred ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

cardiology; communication skills; goals of care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOLOGIST; COMFORT; COMMUNICATION SKILL; CONVERSATION; CORONARY CARE UNIT; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; MALE; PEER GROUP; PERCEPTION; PROGRAM FEASIBILITY; RELIGION; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; TRAINING; WORKSHOP; DECISION MAKING; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EDUCATION; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN RELATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CARDIOLOGISTS; COMMUNICATION; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS;

EID: 85022196369     PISSN: 10966218     EISSN: 15577740     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2016.0509     Document Type: Article

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