In the nighttime of your fear: The anatomy of compassion in the healing of the sick

Palliative and Supportive Care

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 215-221

  Kearsley, John H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b ST GEORGE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMPATHY; FEAR; HUMAN; NEOPLASM; ONCOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; STANDARDS; TRENDS;

EMPATHY; FEAR; HUMANS; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; NEOPLASMS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS;

EID: 79956111369     PISSN: 14789515     EISSN: 14789523     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1478951511000095     Document Type: Article

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