Physicians' religiosity and attitudes towards patients

Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 503-507

  Pawlikowski, Jakub ^a,b   Sak, Jarosław Jerzy ^a   Marczewski, Krzysztof ^c  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LUBLIN   (Poland)

^b INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL MEDICINE   (Poland)

^c Wyzsza Szkola Zarzadzania i Administracji   (Poland)

Author keywords

Medical ethics; Physician patient relationship; Religiosity of physicians

Indexed keywords

ALTRUISM; ARTICLE; CULTURAL VALUE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMPATHY; ETHICAL DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HOLISTIC CARE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL ETHICS; PATIENT AUTONOMY; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; POLAND; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RELIGION; SCALE OF ATTITUDE TOWARDS THE PATIENT; SCALE OF RELIGIOUS ATTITUDES; SURGEON; WORK EXPERIENCE;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS; POLAND; QUESTIONNAIRES; RELIGION AND MEDICINE;

EID: 84866643950     PISSN: 12321966     EISSN: 18982263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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