Physician-patient communication; The relationship with malpractice claims among primary care physicians and surgeons

JAMA

Volumn 277, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 553-559

  Levinson, Wendy ^a,f   Roter, Debra L ^b   Mullooly, John P ^c   Dull, Valerie T ^d   Frankel, Richard M ^e  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c CENTER FOR HEALTH RESEARCH   (United States)

^d PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Highland Hospital Rochester   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALPRACTICE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PREDICTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0031052862     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.277.7.553     Document Type: Article

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