How do medical students learn to communicate with patients? A study of fourth-year medical students' attitudes to doctor-patient communication

Medical Teacher

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 257-262

  Royston, Virginia ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BRISTOL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; COMPREHENSION; CURRICULUM; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; NORMAL HUMAN; TEACHING;

EID: 0031463487     PISSN: 0142159X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/01421599709034202     Document Type: Article

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