How do doctors learn the spoken language of their patients?

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 99, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 520-522

  Pfaff, Colin ^a   Couper, Ian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONFIDENTIALITY; CONSULTATION; CULTURAL FACTOR; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LANGUAGE; LEARNING STYLE; MOTIVATION; PATIENT CARE; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 70049101166     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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