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Relationship Between Patients, Their Doctors and the Healthcare Team

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  • The importance of selecting appropriate specialists for patient care

  • The importance of developing an honest and compassionate relationship between doctor and patient

  • Skills in delivering worrying news to patients and their families

  • Differences that often exist between men and women in dealing with health issues.

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  1. Department of Surgery, The University of Sydney and The Surgical Oncology/Melanoma Unit Germany The Royal Prince Alfred and Sydney Hospitals, Sydney, NSW, Australia

    Frederick O. Stephens AM, MD, MS, FRCS (Ed), FACS, FRACS

  2. Department of Surgical Oncology, Medias Klinikum GmbH & Co KG, Burghhausen, Germany

    Karl Reinhard Aigner MD

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Stephens, F.O., Reinhard Aigner, K. (2009). Relationship Between Patients, Their Doctors and the Healthcare Team. In: Basics of Oncology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-92925-3_9

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