Learning to connect: Students' reflections on doctor-patient interactions

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 149-154

  Kind, Terry ^a,b   Everett, Veronica R ^a   Ottolini, Mary ^a,b  

^a CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Connecting; Doctor patient relationship; Narrative medicine; Qualitative; Reflection

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL CLERKSHIP; EMPATHY; HUMANS; NARRATION; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; TEACHING; UNITED STATES; WRITING;

EID: 63049117859     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2008.09.011     Document Type: Article

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