Helping medical students to acquire a deeper understanding of truth-telling
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Helping medical students to acquire a deeper understanding of truth-telling
Problem Truth-telling is an important component of respect for patients' self-determination, but in the context of breaking bad news, it is also a distressing and difficult task. Intervention We investigated the long-term influence of a simulated patient-based teaching intervention, integrating learning objectives in communication skills and ethics into students' attitudes and concerns regardin...
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عنوان ژورنال: Medical Education Online
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1087-2981
DOI: 10.3402/meo.v20.28133