Love, boundaries, and the patient-physician relationship

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 157, Issue 20, 1997, Pages 2291-2294

  Farber, Neil J ^a,c   Novack, Dennis H ^b   O'Brien, Mary K ^b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c CHRISTIANA CARE HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMPATHY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LOVE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0030722002     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.157.20.2291     Document Type: Article

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