Communication Skills Training for Health Care Professionals Who Work with Cancer Patients.

Am J Nurs

Lisa Whitehead is professor of nursing research at the Edith Cowan University School of Nursing and Midwifery, Joondalup, Western Australia, where Deborah Kirk Walker is associate dean and associate professor. Both are members of the Cochrane Nursing Care Field.

Published: July 2019

Editor's note: This is a summary of a nursing care-related systematic review from the Cochrane Library. For more information, see http://nursingcare.cochrane.org.

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