How to make less more: Empathy can fill the gap left by reducing unnecessary care

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 351, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Melnick, Edward R ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMPATHY; HUMAN; PATIENT REFERRAL; STANDARDS; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURE;

EMPATHY; HUMANS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES;

EID: 84949033877     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.h5831     Document Type: Note

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