The embodiment of lyricism in medicine and Homer

Medical Humanities

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 50-54

  Bleakley, Alan ^a   Marshall, Robert J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL CORNWALL HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DEFENSE MECHANISM; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMPATHY; HUMAN; HUMANITIES; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL ERROR; PHILOSOPHY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNICATION; DEFENSE MECHANISMS; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; EMPATHY; HOLISTIC HEALTH; HUMANITIES; HUMANS; MEDICAL ERRORS; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS;

EID: 84861461604     PISSN: 1468215X     EISSN: 14734265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/medhum-2011-010138     Document Type: Article

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