Crying in hospitals: A survey of doctors', nurses' and medical students' experience and attitudes

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 166, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 13-16

  Wagner, Renate E ^a,d   Hexel, Martina ^b,c   Bauer, Wolfdieter W ^b,c   Kropiunigg, Ulrich ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c Bankstown Hospital ^*  (Austria)

^d BANKSTOWN LIDCOMBE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; AUSTRALIA; CRYING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL STUDENT; NURSE; PHYSICIAN;

EID: 0031021290     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1997.tb138695.x     Document Type: Article

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