Language matters: Towards an understanding of silence and humour in medical education

Medical Education

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 40-48

  Lingard, Lorelei ^a  

^a WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPREHENSION; CURRICULUM; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HUMAN; HUMOR; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LANGUAGE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; METHODOLOGY; STANDARD;

COMMUNICATION; COMPREHENSION; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; WIT AND HUMOR AS TOPIC;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84871556128     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: 13652923     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/medu.12098     Document Type: Article

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