Humor in medicine

Primary Care - Clinics in Office Practice

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 141-154

  Wender, R C ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGER; ANXIETY; CANCER PATIENT; HUMOR; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT;

EID: 0029867628     PISSN: 00954543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0095-4543(05)70267-0     Document Type: Article

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