Hero or has-been: Is there a future for altruism in medical education?

Advances in Health Sciences Education

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 391-399

  Bishop, Jeffrey P ^a   Rees, Charlotte E ^b  

^a ROYAL CORNWALL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b University of Sydney   (Australia)

Author keywords

Altruism; Medical education; Phronesis; Pro social behavior

Indexed keywords

ALTRUISM; ARTICLE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMPATHY; ETHICS; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; MENTAL HEALTH; PHILOSOPHY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STANDARD; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

ALTRUISM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; EMPATHY; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MENTAL HEALTH; PHILOSOPHY, MEDICAL; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL; SELF EFFICACY; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 36749015823     PISSN: 13824996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10459-007-9064-4     Document Type: Article

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