Patient notification and follow-up of abnormal test results: A physician survey

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 156, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 327-331

  Boohaker, Emily A ^a,d   Ward, Richard E ^b   Uman, Jam E ^c   McCarthy, Bruce D ^a,b  

^a HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Center for Clinical Effectiveness   (United States)

^c Biostatist and Res Epidemiology   (United States)

^d GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; GOOD CLINICAL PRACTICE; MALPRACTICE; MEDICAL RECORD; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE PRACTICE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE;

DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MALE; MICHIGAN; QUESTIONNAIRES; TRUTH DISCLOSURE; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0030045319     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.156.3.327     Document Type: Article

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