'It gives you an understanding you can't get from any book.' The relationship between medical students' and doctors' personal illness experiences and their performance: a qualitative and quantitative study

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Anecdotes abound about doctors' personal illness experiences and the effect they have on their empathy and care of patients. We formally investigated the relationship between doctors' and medical students' personal ill...

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Main Authors: Dacre Jane E, McManus I Chris, Cave Judith, Woolf Katherine
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2007-12-01
Series:BMC Medical Education
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6920/7/50