Fostering healing through mindfulness in the context of medical practice

Current Oncology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 4-6

  Dobkin, Patricia L ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Healing; Medicine; Mindfulness

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; BREAST CANCER; CANCER THERAPY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EDITORIAL; EMPATHY; HEALING; HEALTH CARE NEED; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 70349645815     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17187729     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3747/co.v16i2.413     Document Type: Editorial

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