The patient's lament: Hidden key to effective communication: How to recognise and transform

Medical Humanities

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 63-69

  Bub, Barry ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPREHENSION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GRIEF; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; OBSTETRICS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; RESIDENT; SKILL; SYMPTOM; TIME; TRAUMATOLOGY; WELLBEING; WIDOW;

EID: 11144325658     PISSN: 1468215X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jmh.2004.000164     Document Type: Article

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