Combining the creative arts and the house call to teach medical students about chronic illness care

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 346-351

  LoFaso, Veronica M ^a   Breckman, Risa ^a   Capello, Carol F ^a   Demopoulos, Byron ^a   Adelman, Ronald D ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic illness; Creative arts; Humanism; Interdisciplinary team; Medical education

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; PATIENT CARE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE;

AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL CLERKSHIP; CREATIVENESS; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; HOUSE CALLS; HUMANITIES; HUMANS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; MALE; MODELS, EDUCATIONAL; NEW YORK; TEACHING;

EID: 75749112548     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2009.02686.x     Document Type: Article

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