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. 1987 Jul;147(1):99–103.

Sociodemographic and Premedical School Factors Related to Postgraduate Physicians' Humanistic Performance

Lawrence S Linn, Dennis W Cope, Alan Robbins
PMCID: PMC1025843  PMID: 3424817

Abstract

In an extensive survey of postgraduate physicians in two teaching hospitals (N = 141) for their humanistic attitudes, values and behavior, all ratings of physicians' humanistic performance, including physicians' own scores on self-report measures, supervising faculty, nurses and patient ratings, were modestly but significantly correlated with each other. Sex, ethnic or racial background, year of training, marital status, number of children, Alpha-Omega-Alpha membership or number of articles published were unrelated to physicians' humanistic behavior. Several measures of humanism were positively correlated with having taken more courses in the social sciences and humanities, having had more early person-centered work experience and reporting that before medical school others had confided in them or sought their advice more frequently.

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