The Don Quixote effect: Why going to the movies can help develop empathy and altruism in medical students and residents

Families, Systems and Health

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 445-452

  Shapiro, Johanna ^a,b   Rucker, Lloyd ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTRUISM; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EMOTION; EMPATHY; HUMAN; MEDICAL STUDENT; MOTIVATION; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; RESIDENT; REVIEW;

EID: 11144236814     PISSN: 10917527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1091-7527.22.4.445     Document Type: Review

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