Effective communication protects patients from potential harm arising from misunderstandings, and can have a positive effect on staff. This first article in a six-part series on communication skills ...

It’s no secret that Canadian employers look at a potential candidate’s soft skills in addition to technical skills. In fact, where technical skills are relatively equal among applicants, soft skills ...

A New Quality Standard: The Integration of Psychosocial Care Into Routine Cancer Care Extensive literature review including meta-analyses of trials, conceptual models, techniques, and potential ...

Empirical research indicates that communication between oncologists and patients needs to be improved. Physicians tend to focus on technical aspects of treatment without describing possible outcomes ...

This study aims to assess the efficacy of a 40-h training programme designed to teach residents the communication skills needed to break the bad news. Residents were randomly assigned to the training ...