Understanding patients: Implicit personality theory and the general practitioner

British Journal of Medical Psychology

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 153-163

  Bower, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PERSONALITY; REVIEW;

EID: 17944380106     PISSN: 00071129     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2044-8341.1998.tb01376.x     Document Type: Review

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