title: Communication skills in palliative care.
abstract: Nurses may feel inadequately prepared to care for and communicate with people with a terminal illness. Self-awareness and willingness to improve socialisation skills is the basis of improving communication skills.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Palliative Care and Oncology, University of Central England, Edgbaston, Birmingham.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Cooley
mesh_terms: D003142:Communication; D006801:Humans; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D010166:Palliative Care / Q000523:psychology*