Difficult conversations in health care: Cultivating relational learning to address the hidden curriculum

Academic Medicine

Volumn 82, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 905-913

  Browning, David M ^a,b,d   Meyer, Elaine C ^a,c   Truog, Robert D ^a,c   Solomon, Mildred Z ^b,c  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT CENTER   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d Institute for Professionalism and Ethical Practice   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EDUCATION PROGRAM; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; LEARNING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROFESSIONALISM; REVIEW; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 34547309273     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0b013e31812f77b9     Document Type: Review

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