The legacy of altruism in health care: The promotion of empathy, prosociality and humanism

Medical Education

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 317-325

  Burks, Derek J ^a,b   Kobus, Amy M ^b  

^a PORTLAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTRUISM; ARTICLE; CURRICULUM; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMPATHY; ETHICS; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; HUMANISM; MEDICAL STUDENT; PATIENT CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CARE;

ALTRUISM; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CURRICULUM; EMPATHY; HUMANISM; HUMANS; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; SELF CARE; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 84857012127     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: 13652923     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2923.2011.04159.x     Document Type: Article

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