The hateful patient revisited: Relevance for 21st century medicine

European Journal of Internal Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 387-393

  Strous, Rael D ^a   Ulman, Anne Marie ^a   Kotler, Moshe ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Difficult patient; Doctor patient relationship; Hateful patient

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANGER; COUNTER TRANSFERENCE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EDUCATION; EMOTION; EMPATHY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FRUSTRATION; GENDER; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOPELESSNESS; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHENOMENOLOGY; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; REVIEW; SOCIOECONOMICS; WELLBEING;

EID: 33749998144     PISSN: 09536205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejim.2006.04.002     Document Type: Review

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