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FURTHER READINGS
- Gibson , S. 2008 . Schwartz Center Rounds: focusing on the patient-caregiver relationship . Health Prog. , 89 : 40 – 43 .
- Lintz , KC , Penson , RT , Cassem , N , Harmon , DC , Chabner , BA and Lynch , TJ. A . 1999 . staff dialogue on aggressive palliative treatment demanded by a terminally ill patient: psychosocial issues faced by patients, their families, and caregivers . Oncologist. , 4 : 70 – 76 .
- Lintz , KC , Penson , RT , Chabner , BA and Lynch , TJ. 1998 . Schwartz Center Rounds. A staff dialogue on caring for an intensely spiritual patient: psychosocial issues faced by patients, their families, and caregivers . Oncologist. , 3 : 439 – 445 .
- Moore , CD and Phillips , JM. 2009 . In these rounds, health-care professionals heal themselves . J Soc Work End Life Palliat Care. , 5 : 116 – 125 .
- O'Shea , EM , Lintz , KC , Penson , RT , Seiden , MV , Chabner , BA and Lynch , TJ. 1999 . A staff dialogue on caring for a cancer patient who commits suicide: psychosocial issues faced by patients, their families, and caregivers . Oncologist. , 4 : 122 – 127 .
- Penson , RT , Fergus , LA Haston , RJ . 2003 . The Kenneth B. Schwartz Center at Massachusetts General Hospital hematology-oncology department: hope for the homeless . Oncologist. , 8 : 488 – 495 .
- Penson , RT , Svendsen , SS , Chabner , BA , Lynch , TJ and Levinson , W. 2001 . Medical mistakes: a workshop on personal perspectives . Oncologist. , 6 : 92 – 99 .
- Rosen , J and Lynch , T. 2008 . The talking cure: Schwartz Center rounds foster compassion and collaboration . J Cancer Educ. , 23 : 195 – 196 .