How respected family physicians manage difficult patient encounters

Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 533-541

  Elder, Nancy ^a   Ricer, Rick ^a   Tobias, Barbara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FAMILY MEDICINE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEGOTIATING; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33750947658     PISSN: 15572625     EISSN: 15587118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.19.6.533     Document Type: Article

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