Physicians, patients, and medical dialogue in the NYPD Blue prostate cancer story

Journal of Medical Humanities

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 45-58

  Goodier, Bethany Crandel ^a   Arrington, Michael Irvin ^b  

^a School of Business and Economics   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Entertainment television; Medical dialogue; Physician patient communication; Prostate cancer

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LITERATURE; MALE; POLICE; PROSTATE TUMOR; TELEVISION;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNICATION; DRAMA; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; POLICE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; TELEVISION;

EID: 33947401894     PISSN: 10413545     EISSN: 15733645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10912-006-9028-3     Document Type: Article

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