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Effect of communication skills training on outcomes in critically ill patients with life-limiting illness referred for intensive care management: a before-and-after study

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  • Neil R Orford Intensive Care Unit, University Hospital Geelong, Barwon Health, Geelong, VIC, Australia School of Medicine, Deakin University, Geelong, Australia Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine (DEPM), Monash University, Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Research Centre (ANZIC-RC), Melbourne, Australia PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Sharyn Milnes Intensive Care Unit, University Hospital Geelong, Barwon Health, Geelong, VIC, Australia School of Medicine, Deakin University, Geelong, Australia PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Nicholas Simpson Intensive Care Unit, University Hospital Geelong, Barwon Health, Geelong, VIC, Australia School of Medicine, Deakin University, Geelong, Australia PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Gerry Keely Intensive Care Unit, University Hospital Geelong, Barwon Health, Geelong, VIC, Australia PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Tania Elderkin Intensive Care Unit, University Hospital Geelong, Barwon Health, Geelong, VIC, Australia PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Allison Bone Intensive Care Unit, University Hospital Geelong, Barwon Health, Geelong, VIC, Australia PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Peter Martin School of Medicine, Deakin University, Geelong, Australia Palliative Care Unit, Barwon Health, Geelong, Australia PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Rinaldo Bellomo Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine (DEPM), Monash University, Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Research Centre (ANZIC-RC), Melbourne, Australia School of Medicine, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Melbourne, Australia PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Michael Bailey Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine (DEPM), Monash University, Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Research Centre (ANZIC-RC), Melbourne, Australia PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Charlie Corke Intensive Care Unit, University Hospital Geelong, Barwon Health, Geelong, VIC, Australia School of Medicine, Deakin University, Geelong, Australia PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  1. Correspondence to Neil R Orford, Intensive Care Unit, University HospitalGeelong, Barwon Health, VIC, 3220; neilo{at}barwonhealth.org.au
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Orford NR, Milnes S, Simpson N, et al
Effect of communication skills training on outcomes in critically ill patients with life-limiting illness referred for intensive care management: a before-and-after study
BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care 2019;9:e21.

Publication history

  • Received September 1, 2016
  • Revision received February 16, 2017
  • Accepted May 17, 2017
  • First published June 28, 2017.
Online issue publication 
February 19, 2019

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