Letters of condolence: assessing attitudes and variability in practice amongst oncologists and palliative care doctors in Yorkshire

BACKGROUND: Following a patient’s death, some doctors routinely write a letter of condolence to the bereaved family. Practice appears to vary widely but this is poorly documented, particularly in the UK setting. We wished to explore the attitudes of oncologists and palliative care consultants toward...

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Autores principales: Hayward, Jessica S, Makinde, Oluwatobi, Vasudev, Naveen S
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cancer Intelligence 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4898960/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27347006
http://dx.doi.org/10.3332/ecancer.2016.642