Doctor-patient interaction in Finnish primary health care as perceived by first year medical students

BMC Medical Education

Volumn 5, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Miettola, Juhani ^a,b   Mäntyselkä, Pekka ^a,b   Vaskilampi, Tuula ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; COMMUNITY; COMPUTER; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; DYING; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CENTER; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LEARNING; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL PROFESSION; MEDICAL STUDENT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH; ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DECISION MAKING; FINLAND; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MANAGEMENT; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PERCEPTION; PROCEDURES; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PSYCHOLOGY; STANDARDS; TEACHER;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CAREER CHOICE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNICATION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; FINLAND; HUMANS; MENTORS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; PRACTICE MANAGEMENT, MEDICAL; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 26244464289     PISSN: 14726920     EISSN: 14726920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6920-5-34     Document Type: Article

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