Factors in the doctor-patient relationship that accentuate physicians' hurt feelings when patients terminate the relationship with them

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 67, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 169-175

  Hareli, Shlomo ^a   Karnieli Miller, Orit ^a   Hermoni, Doron ^a,b,c   Eidelman, Shmuel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^c CLALIT HEALTH SERVICES   (Israel)

Author keywords

Hurt feelings; Physician's emotions; Termination of physician patient relationship

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF COVARIANCE; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMOTION; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOCIAL STATUS; VIGNETTE;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; EMOTIONS; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; PATIENT DROPOUTS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS;

EID: 34249932510     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2007.03.010     Document Type: Article

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