Medical residents' use of narrative templates in storytelling and diagnosis

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 73, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 873-881

  Davenport, Nancy H M ^a  

^a Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Expertise; Fieldwork; Hospital; Narrative; Physicians; Storytelling; USA

Indexed keywords

DISEASE; HEALTH WORKER; HOSPITAL SECTOR; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY;

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FAMILY HISTORY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL HISTORY; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT INFORMATION; STORYTELLING;

COMMUNICATION; DIAGNOSIS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; NARRATION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 80052265107     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2011.01.036     Document Type: Article

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