"Let me see if I have this right... ": Words that help build empathy

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 135, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 221-227

  Coulehan, J L ^a   Platt, F W ^a   Egener, B ^a   Frankel, R ^a   Lin, C T ^a   Lown, B ^a   Salazar, W H ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMPATHY; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0035822667     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-135-3-200108070-00022     Document Type: Review

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