Views and approaches toward risks and benefits among doctors who become patients

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 64, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 61-68

  Klitzman, Robert ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Benefits; Doctor patient communication; Doctor patient relationships; Medical education; Professional socialization; Qualitative research; Risks

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; DEFENSE MECHANISM; DENIAL; DEPRESSION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CHARACTERISTIC; MAGIC; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMMUNICATION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DECISION MAKING; DENIAL (PSYCHOLOGY); EMPATHY; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEGATIVISM; NEW YORK; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PATIENTS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RATIONALIZATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 33750338011     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2005.11.013     Document Type: Article

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