End of life physician-patient communication
Tuesday, July 22, 2008 - 14:35
in Health & Medicine
Although a growing body of research supports a link between effective communication and patient, family and physician satisfaction, doctors, including oncologists and other specialists who frequently care for terminal patients, do not routinely receive training in end-of-life conversations during medical school, residency training, or after they start to practice medicine.
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