Unburdening the difficult clinical encounter

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 169, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 333-334

  Kroenke, Kurt ^a  

^a REGENSTRIEF INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EDITORIAL; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL DISEASE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OFFICE VISITS; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH DESIGN; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 61449224745     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinternmed.2008.548     Document Type: Editorial

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