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Anthony L. Back, MD, on Improving Communication Between Patient and Provider

2015 Palliative Care in Oncology Symposium

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Anthony L. Back, MD, of Seattle Cancer Care Alliance, summarizes a general session on best practices and novel tools for enhancing communication between patients and oncology providers (Abstracts 8,9, 39).



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