Designing patient-focused information: An opportunity for communicating anatomically related information

Anatomical Sciences Education

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 41-45

  Evans, Darrell J R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anatomy and embryology; Anatomy and medical education; Anatomy teaching; Growth and development; Teaching of anatomy

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; ARTICLE; BIRTH DEFECT; COMMUNICATION SKILL; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMBRYOLOGY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; PATIENT INFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOM; WRITTEN LANGUAGE;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMMUNICATION; COMPREHENSION; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; EMBRYOLOGY; FEEDBACK, PSYCHOLOGICAL; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; PAMPHLETS; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; WRITING;

EID: 49649084475     PISSN: 19359772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ase.6     Document Type: Article

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