The association of types of training and practice settings with doctors' empathy and patient enablement among patients with chronic illness in Hong Kong

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 12, 2015, Pages

  Yu, Frances S K ^a   Yip, Benjamin H K ^b   Kung, Kenny ^d   Fung, Colman S C ^d   Wong, Carmen K M ^b   Lam, Augustine T ^a   Mercer, Stewart W ^c   Wong, Samuel Y S ^b  

^a HOSPITAL AUTHORITY   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMMUNITY CARE; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMPATHY; FAMILY MEDICINE; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; IN SERVICE TRAINING; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT; PSYCHOLOGY;

CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; INSERVICE TRAINING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENTS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS;

EID: 84961290372     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0144492     Document Type: Article

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