Doctoring as leadership: The power to heal

Perspectives in Biology and Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 393-406

  Schei, Edvin ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHARACTER; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMPATHY; HEALING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; TRUST;

EID: 33746320452     PISSN: 00315982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/pbm.2006.0048     Document Type: Article

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