title: The impact of an end-of-life communication skills intervention on physicians-in-training.
abstract: The palliative medicine literature consistently documents that physicians are poorly prepared to help patients experience a "good death" and are often unaware of their ill patients' preferences for end-of-life care. The present study, enrolling 150 physicians, sought to improve their communication skills for end-of-life care. We found significant attitudinal changes and a greater degree of self-rated competence in delivering end-of-life care for those in the intervention group. This study used a novel approach to train physicians to be better equipped to conduct difficult goals of care conversations with patients and their families at end-of-life.
authors: Department of Population Health, North Shore-LIJ Health System, Great Neck, New York 11021, USA. rpekmeza@nshs.edu
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