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Communication Skills Training in Oncology: It Works!

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Communication in Cancer Care

Part of the book series: Recent Results in Cancer Research ((RECENTCANCER,volume 168))

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While the previous chapter by L. Fallowfield and V. Jenkins focuses on different communication skills training (CST) concepts currently being utilized, this chapter reviews and comments the scientific evidence of the impact of CST on improving communication skills. The aim of this chapter is not to provide a complete review of the evidence—this has already been done in systematic reviews—but to discuss the scientific evidence and reflect on the available results and relevant topics for further investigations.

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  1. Service de Psychiatrie de Liaison, Lausanne University Hospital, rue du Bugnon 44, 1011, Lausanne, Switzerland

    F. Stiefel MD (Prof.)

  2. Psychiatry Service, Lausanne University Hospital, rue du Bugnon 44, 1011, Lausanne, Switzerland

    N. Favre

  3. Psychotherapy Research Unit, Department of Psychiatry, Lausanne University Hospital, rue du Bugnon 44, 1011, Lausanne, Switzerland

    J. N. Despland MD (Prof.)

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    Friedrich Stiefel MD

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Stiefel, F., Favre, N., Despland, J.N. (2006). Communication Skills Training in Oncology: It Works!. In: Stiefel, F. (eds) Communication in Cancer Care. Recent Results in Cancer Research, vol 168. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg . https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-30758-3_11

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