The 'heartsink' patient revisited

British Journal of General Practice

Volumn 49, Issue 440, 1999, Pages 230-233

  Butler, Christopher C ^a   Evans, Martyn ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Heartsink; Patients; Philosophy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMEDICINE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; GENERAL PRACTICE; NOMENCLATURE; SOCIAL PROBLEM;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; SICK ROLE;

EID: 0033022641     PISSN: 09601643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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