Communication Skills: A Call for Teaching to the Test

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 120, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 912-915

  Headly, Anna ^a  

^a RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNICATION SKILL; CURRICULUM; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEACHING;

EID: 34548835217     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2007.06.024     Document Type: Note

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