Neurophobia among medical students and non-specialist doctors in Sri Lanka

BMC Medical Education

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Matthias, Anne Thushara ^a   Nagasingha, Poorna ^a   Ranasinghe, Priyanga ^b   Gunatilake, Saman B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SRI JAYEWARDENEPURA   (Sri Lanka)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Medical students; Neurophobia; Non specialist doctors; Sri Lanka

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MEDICAL STUDENT; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROSCIENCE; PHOBIA; PHYSICIAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SRI LANKA; STATISTICS;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; HUMANS; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; NEUROSCIENCES; PHOBIC DISORDERS; PHYSICIANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SRI LANKA; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 84889828706     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6920-13-164     Document Type: Article

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