Personality differences between doctors and their patients: Implications for the teaching of communication skills

Medical Education

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 177-186

  Clack, Gillian B ^a,d   Allen, Judy ^b   Cooper, Derek ^a   Head, John O ^c  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Guy's Hospital ^*

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clinical competence, *standards; Communication; Education, medical, undergraduate *methods; Interpersonal relations; Personality; Physician patient relation; Teaching

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONSULTATION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY TEST; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; POPULATION RESEARCH; TEACHING; UNITED KINGDOM; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNICATION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERSONALITY; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS;

EID: 1542284558     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2923.2004.01752.x     Document Type: Article

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