Use of humour in primary care: Different perceptions among patients and physicians

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Volumn 81, Issue 952, 2005, Pages 126-130

  Granek Catarivas, M ^b   Goldstein Ferber, S ^b   Azuri, Y ^b   Vinker, S ^b   Kahan, E ^a,b  

^a Tel Aviv University ^*  (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EDUCATION; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SCHOOL; PERCEPTION; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; STRESS;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; WIT AND HUMOR;

EID: 14144250816     PISSN: 00325473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/pgmj.2004.019406     Document Type: Review

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