The worthy patient: Rethinking the hidden curriculum in medical education

Anthropology and Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 13-23

  Higashi, Robin T ^a   Tillack, Allison ^a   Steinman, Michael A ^b   Bree Johnston, C ^b   Michael Harper, G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SAN FRANCISCO VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

biomedicine; ethnography; medical anthropology; moral economy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; DEPENDENT PERSONALITY DISORDER; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; DRUG DEPENDENCE; ELDERLY CARE; HUMAN; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MORALITY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIALIZATION; STAFF TRAINING; TIME; TREATMENT PLANNING; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

ANTHROPOLOGY, MEDICAL; CURRICULUM; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; HUMANS; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIANS; SOCIAL VALUES; TIME MANAGEMENT; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 84876468390     PISSN: 13648470     EISSN: 14692910     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13648470.2012.747595     Document Type: Article

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