Journal of palliative medicine
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Randomized Controlled Trial Comparative Study
Association between Physician Trainee Self-Assessments in Discussing Religion and Spirituality and Their Patients' Reports.
Effective physician communication at the end-of-life is a cornerstone to providing patient-centered palliative care. Educational programs in physician communication often rely on self-assessments of physician knowledge and attitudes and seldom provide patients' reports. Thus, it is unclear whether physician self-assessments are associated with patient perspectives. ⋯ Physician trainee self-assessments may be a valid surrogate for patient ratings of quality with respect to religious/spiritual communication. This specific domain of physician-patient communication should receive further investigation as our finding contrasts with reports of more general measures of physician-patient end-of-life communication.