How do surgeons think they learn about communication? A qualitative study

Medical Education

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 408-416

  Mendick, Nicola ^a   Young, Bridget ^a   Holcombe, Christopher ^b   Salmon, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREAST TUMOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; GROUNDED THEORY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LEARNING; MINDFULNESS; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SURGEON;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; COMMUNICATION; GROUNDED THEORY; HUMANS; LEARNING; MINDFULNESS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SURGEONS;

EID: 84924962673     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: 13652923     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/medu.12648     Document Type: Article

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