Obstetricians' Prior Malpractice Experience and Patients' Satisfaction With Care

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 272, Issue 20, 1994, Pages 1583-1587

  Hickson, Gerald B ^a   Clayton, Ellen Wright ^a   Entman, Stephen S ^a   Miller, Cynthia S ^a   Githens, Penny B ^a   Whetten Goldstein, Kathryn ^b   Sloan, Frank A ^b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DELIVERY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; LABOR; MALPRACTICE; OBSTETRIC CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0027962686     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.1994.03520200039032     Document Type: Article

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