Between two worlds: Medical student perceptions of humor and slang in the hospital setting

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 544-549

  Parsons, Genevieve Noone ^a   Kinsman, Sara B ^a   Bosk, Charles L ^a   Sankar, Pamela ^a   Ubel, Peter A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethics; Interview; Medical education; Medical humor; Medical students; Qualitative

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; HUMOR; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL STUDENT; NORMAL HUMAN; RESIDENCY EDUCATION;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ETHICS, MEDICAL; FEMALE; GROUP PROCESSES; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; INTERVIEWS; MALE; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; TERMINOLOGY; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; WIT AND HUMOR;

EID: 0035724818     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1497.2001.016008544.x     Document Type: Article

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