Can the science of communication inform the art of the medical humanities?

Medical Education

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 126-133

  Bleakley, Alan ^a   Marshall, Robert ^a  

^a PENINSULA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COOPERATION; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; EMPATHY; ETHICS; HUMAN; HUMANITIES; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POLITICAL SYSTEM; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; UNCERTAINTY;

COMMUNICATION; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; CURRICULUM; DEMOCRACY; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; EMPATHY; HUMANITIES; HUMANS; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; UNCERTAINTY;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84872547904     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: 13652923     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/medu.12056     Document Type: Article

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