Tolerance of uncertainty and fears of making mistakes among fifth-year medical students

Family Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 240-246

  Nevalainen, Maarit ^a   Kuikka, Liisa ^a   Sjöberg, Lena ^a   Eriksson, Johan ^a   Pitkälä, Kaisu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEAR; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICAL STUDENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS; UNCERTAINTY;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL ERRORS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 84859633988     PISSN: 07423225     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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