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Medical Student Attitudes Toward Communication Skills Training and Knowledge of Appropriate Provider-Patient Communication: A Comparison of First-Year and Fourth-Year Medical Students

Kevin B. WrightDepartment of Communication, University of OklahomaCorrespondence[email protected]
, PhD,
Carma BylundDepartment of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
, PhD,
Jennifer WareDepartment of Communication, University of Memphis
, MA,
Patricia ParkerDepartment of Psychiatry, M. D. Anderson Cancer Research Center
, PhD,
Jim L. QuerySchool of Communication, University of Houston
, PhD &
Walter BaileDepartment of Psychiatry, M. D. Anderson Cancer Research Center
, MD
Article: 4594 | Published online: 09 Dec 2009

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