Prognosis Reconsidered in Light of Ancient Insights-From Hippocrates to Modern Medicine

JAMA Internal Medicine

Volumn 179, Issue 6, 2019, Pages 820-823

  Thomas, John M ^a,b   Cooney, Leo M ^a   Fried, Terri R ^a,c  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Dominican House of Studies   (United States)

^c VA CONNECTICUT HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANCIENT GREECE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CLINICIAN; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MODERN TIMES; MORTALITY RISK; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; MEDICAL ETHICS; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PHILOSOPHY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ETHICS, MEDICAL; GREECE, ANCIENT; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; PHILOSOPHY, MEDICAL; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 85064039704     PISSN: 21686106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2019.0302     Document Type: Article

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