Clinical Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Volume 6, Issue 3 , Pages 165-172 , September 2005

Building the Skill of Delivering Bad News

  • Charles J. Schubert, MD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests and correspondence: Charles J. Schubert, MD, Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, 3333 Burnet Avenue, Cincinnati, OH 45229-3039.
    • Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH
    • ,
  • Patricia Chambers, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Emergency Medicine, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH

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PII: S1522-8401(05)00075-3

doi: 10.1016/j.cpem.2005.05.001

Clinical Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Volume 6, Issue 3 , Pages 165-172 , September 2005

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