BACKGROUND: Patients consider their human connection with a physician an important
aspect of end‐of‐life (EOL) care. In this study, the authors sought to develop and validate a …

Background Poor communication skills can potentially compromise patient care. However,
as communication skills training (CST) programs are not seen as a priority to many clinical …

Purpose The aim of this study was to develop an evidence-based communication skills
training workshop to improve the communication skills of critical care fellows. Materials and …

Teaching advanced communication skills requires educators who are not only excellent
communicators themselves but have the ability to deconstruct the components of the …

UITTERHOEVE RJ, BENSING JM, GROL RP, DEMULDER PHM (deceased) & VAN
ACHTERBERG T.(2010) European Journal of Cancer Care The effect of communication …

Importance Early discussion of end-of-life (EOL) care preferences improves clinical
outcomes and goal-concordant care. However, most EOL discussions occur approximately 1 …

Objective: Patients' recall of provided information during bad news consultations is poor.
According to the attentional narrowing hypothesis, the emotional arousal caused by the bad …

ABSTRACT BACKGROUND Bioethicists and professional associations give specific
recommendations for discussing cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). OBJECTIVE To …

Background Communication about prognosis and treatment choices is essential for
informed decision making in advanced cancer. This article describes an investigation …

The debate about how to resolve cases in which patients and families demand interventions
that clinicians regard as futile has been in evolution over the past 20 years. This debate can …