title: Communication skills training in oncology: it works!
abstract: While the previous chapter by L. Fallowfield and V. Jenkins focuses on different communication skills training (CST) concepts currently being utilized, this chapter reviews and comments the scientific evidence of the impact of CST on improving communication skills. The aim of this chapter is not to provide a complete review of the evidence-this has already been done in systematic reviews-but to discuss the scientific evidence and reflect on the available results and relevant topics for further investigations.
authors.affiliation: Service de Psychiatrie de Liaison, Lausanne University Hospital, Switzerland.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Stiefel
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Favre
authors.forename: J N
authors.initials: JN
authors.lastname: Despland
mesh_terms: D003142:Communication; D004501:Education, Medical / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008495:Medical Oncology / Q000193:education*; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000628:therapy*; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations