Expanding clinical empathy: An activist perspective

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 122-125

  Garden, Rebecca ^a  

^a SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication skills; Doctor patient relationships; Medical education attitudes and psychosocial; Medical humanities; Patient centered care

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; DECISION MAKING; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMPATHY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; REVIEW; SELF CONCEPT;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; EMPATHY; HUMANS; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS;

EID: 58149174071     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-008-0849-9     Document Type: Review

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