Family physicians leaving their clinic-the balint group as an opportunity to say good-bye

Annals of Family Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 549-551

  Shorer, Yuval ^a   Biderman, Aya ^b   Levy, Ayelet ^b   Rabin, Stanley ^a   Karni, Aharon ^c   Maoz, Benyamin ^a   Matalon, Andre ^d  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^c CLALIT HEALTH SERVICES   (Israel)

^d TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Balint group; Continuity of patient care; Group process; Object attachment; Physician patient relations; Separation anxiety

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMOTION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GROUP PROCESS; HUMAN; MALE; OBJECT RELATION; PATIENT CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEPARATION ANXIETY;

ANXIETY, SEPARATION; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; GROUP PROCESSES; HUMANS; MALE; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY;

EID: 81255158323     PISSN: 15441709     EISSN: 15441717     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1370/afm.1298     Document Type: Article

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