Teaching the psychosocial aspects of care in the clinical setting: Practical recommendations

Academic Medicine

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 8-20

  Kern, David E ^a,b   Branch Jr , William T ^c   Jackson, Jeffrey L ^d   Brady, Donald W ^c   Feldman, Mitchell D ^e   Levinson, Wendy ^f   Lipkin Jr , Mack ^g,h  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BAYVIEW MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^g NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h Amer Acad on Physician and Patient   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; CLINICAL EDUCATION; DEPRESSION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PATIENT CARE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; REVIEW; SCREENING TEST; SEXUAL ABUSE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOMATOFORM DISORDER; STUDENT; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TEACHER;

EID: 11344294293     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001888-200501000-00006     Document Type: Review

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