Taking suffering seriously: A new role for the medical case history

Academic Medicine

Volumn 71, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 730-737

  Donnelly, William J ^a  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CURRICULUM; EMOTIONAL STRESS; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL RECORD; PAIN; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUFFERING;

EID: 0030018414     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001888-199607000-00004     Document Type: Article

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