Communicating with terminal cancer patients.
Communication between doctors and terminal cancer patients has been identified as a problem area in medical care. There have been attempts to overcome this problem by establishing new teaching programs; however, the most effective teaching methods are costly. A model is described that requires minimal staff involvement in teaching about communicating with terminal cancer patients.
D001293:Attitude to Death; D003142:Communication; D004504:Education, Medical, Undergraduate; D006801:Humans; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000523:psychology*; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D013663:Teaching / Q000379:methods*; D013727:Terminal Care / Q000523:psychology*; D013795:Thanatology; D014342:Truth Disclosure; D006113:United Kingdom