Patients' expectations of an ideal dentist and their views concerning the dentist they visited: Do the views conform to the expectations and what determines how well they conform?

Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 240-244

  Lahti, Satu ^a,b   Tuutti, Heikki ^a   Hausen, Hannu ^a   Kääriänen, Risto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Behavioral dental science; Dental; Dentist patient relationship

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BEHAVIOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL CLINIC; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; OCCUPATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIVATE PRACTICE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ATTITUDE; BEHAVIOR; COMMUNICATION; COMMUNITY DENTISTRY; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL CLINICS; DENTIST-PATIENT RELATIONS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; HYGIENE; MALE; OCCUPATIONS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIVATE PRACTICE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0030202788     PISSN: 03015661     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0528.1996.tb00852.x     Document Type: Article

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