Psychiatrists and their patients: Views on forms of dress and address

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 171, Issue SEPT., 1997, Pages 228-232

  Gledhill, Julia A ^a   Warner, James P ^a   King, Michael ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLOTHING; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; PSYCHIATRIST; QUESTIONNAIRE;

EID: 0030801136     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.171.3.228     Document Type: Article

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