Psychodynamic approaches to teaching medical students about the doctor-patient relationship: Randomised controlled trial

Psychiatrist

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 308-313

  Yakeley, Jessica ^a   Shoenberg, Peter ^b   Morris, Richard ^c   Sturgeon, David ^c   Majid, Sarah ^a,b  

^a TAVISTOCK CLINIC   (United Kingdom)

^b CAMDEN AND ISLINGTON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BALINT GROUP; COMMUNICATION SKILL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; KNOWLEDGE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PSYCHODYNAMICS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

EID: 79961105966     PISSN: 17583209     EISSN: 17583217     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/pb.bp.110.033704     Document Type: Article

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