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SUBMITTER: Meltzer EC
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5559241 | biostudies-other | 2017 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Meltzer Ellen C EC Shi Zhenzhen Z Suppes Alexandra A Hersh Jennifer E JE Orlander Jay D JD Calhoun Aaron W AW Tung Judy J Logio Lia L Manna Ruth R Bialer Philip A PA Acres Cathleen A CA Fins Joseph J JJ
Journal of graduate medical education 20170801 4
<h4>Background</h4>Difficult conversations in medical care often occur between physicians and patients' surrogates, individuals entrusted with medical decisions for patients who lack the capacity to make them. Poor communication between patients' surrogates and physicians may exacerbate anxiety and guilt for surrogates, and may contribute to physician stress and burnout.<h4>Objective</h4>This pilot study assesses the effectiveness of an experiential learning workshop that was conducted in a clin ...[more]