|Slideshows|May 3, 2016

11 Ways to Better Communicate With Your Colleagues

Author(s)Rebecca Bechhold, MD, Craig R. Hildreth, MD

No matter where you practice medicine, if your duties include patient care then you are going to interact with other oncologists. In some cases you may question the quality of their care. Help your peers to become better physicians by respecting them first, then relaying your concerns to them. Here are some examples of how not to do it, paired with kinder, gentler alternatives.

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