Plan ahead: How neurologist can enhance patient-centered medicine

Neurology

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 144-145

  Bernat, James L ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PATIENT RIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT PLANNING; EDUCATION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NEUROLOGY; NOTE; PATIENT CARE;

EDUCATION, MEDICAL; HUMANS; NEUROLOGY; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS;

EID: 0035936481     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.56.2.144     Document Type: Editorial

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