Experiencing "The other side": A study of empathy and empowerment in general practitioners who have been patients

Qualitative Health Research

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1580-1588

  Fox, Fiona E ^a   Rodham, Karen J ^b   Harris, Michael F ^a   Taylor, Gordon J ^b   Sutton, Jane ^b   Scott, Jenny ^b   Robinson, Brian ^c  

^a Hope House Surgery   (United Kingdom)

^b University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^c Bristol General Hospital   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Communication; Doctor patient; Experiences; Health care professionals; Illness and disease; Interpretive methods; Interviews; Semistructured

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMPATHY; EMPOWERMENT; EXPERIENCE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INJURY; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MENTAL DISEASE; PHENOMENOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; EMPATHY; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENTS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY;

EID: 70449089582     PISSN: 10497323     EISSN: 15527557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049732309350732     Document Type: Article

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