Physicians' empathy and clinical outcomes for diabetic patients

Academic Medicine

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 359-364

  Hojat, Mohammadreza ^a   Louis, Daniel Z ^a   Markham, Fred W ^a   Wender, Richard ^a   Rabinowitz, Carol ^a   Gonnella, Joseph S ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 79952183161     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0b013e3182086fe1     Document Type: Article

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