Attitudes towards the doctor-patient relationship: A prospective study in an Asian medical school

Medical Education

Volumn 42, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1092-1099

  Lee, Kheng Hock ^a,b   Seow, Adeline ^a   Luo, Nan ^a   Koh, David ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

*Attitude of health personnel; *Clinical clerkship; *Physician patient relations; Attitude to health; Female; Humans; Male; Patient centred care; Prospective studies; Students, medical *psychology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CLINICAL EDUCATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EXPECTATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIETY; UNITED STATES;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL CLERKSHIP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SINGAPORE; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 54049101660     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: 13652923     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2923.2008.03157.x     Document Type: Article

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