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Robert Staeck

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Review Open access Sep 2026

Palliative care clinicians’ communication competence: A cross-sectional survey linking perceived proficiency and comfort, training, and practice of key communication tasks

Abstract Objectives The aim of this study was to examine how Swiss palliative care (PC) clinicians learn key communication skills, their perceived proficiency and comfort, and how often they perform different communication tasks. Methods Between October and November 2021, we surveyed Swiss PC clinicians on 22 communica...

Robert Staeck, Martina Egloff, S. Zambrano · 0 citations
Review Open access Aug 2026

Physician Emotion and Self-disclosure in Serious Illness Conversations: Impact on Trust, Compassion, Professionalism and Comfort.

Physician self-disclosure and emotional expression improved perceptions of compassion, trust and comfort without reducing professionalism, which challenge prevailing assumptions in medical culture and suggest such behaviours may strengthen physician-patient relationships in serious illness care.

Robert Staeck, Carsten Sauer, M. Zwahlen et al. · 0 citations

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