Measuring communication skills of medical students to patients with cancer

British Journal of Medical Psychology

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 99-116

  Claire, Lindsay St ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; NORMAL HUMAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY;

EID: 6744222851     PISSN: 00071129     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/000711200160336     Document Type: Article

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