EditorialCommunication skills: When, not if, to teach
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Optimising methods for communicating survival data to patients undergoing cancer surgery
2010, European Journal of CancerCitation Excerpt :Future studies may also allow individualised survival data to be viewed by patients, according to a range of treatment options and clinical information, using software that allows tailor-made data to be entered and viewed using a dynamic and evolving format. Given the importance of effective communication between clinicians and patients with cancer24 and the support of communication skills training within the literature25–27 perhaps evidence-based graphical formats such as these may be incorporated into training, research and clinical situations in the future. University of Bristol Cancer Research Fund; A.G.K.M. is funded by a fellowship from the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
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2010, ChestCitation Excerpt :For instance, rapport between the individual patient and the clinician may improve over time20 without differences in specific communication techniques. Clinicians with less experience may still be developing communication attributes, although it is not clear if communication actually improves without specific training.31–33 Finally, patients may select and stay with clinicians who have better communication skills.34
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