Exploring physician perceptions of the impact of emotions on behaviour during interactions with patients

Family Practice

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 75-81

  Kushnir, Talma ^a   Kushnir, Jonathan ^b   Sarelc, Amiram ^b   Cohen, Avner H ^b,c  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c CLALIT HEALTH SERVICES   (Israel)

Author keywords

Diagnostic tests; Doctor patient relationships; Family medicine; Health services management; Prescribing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BURNOUT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMOTION; FAMILY MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOOD; PERCEPTION; PHYSICIAN; PRESCRIPTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT;

EID: 79251508888     PISSN: 02632136     EISSN: 14602229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/fampra/cmq070     Document Type: Article

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