Physicians' attire as perceived by young children and their parents: The myth of the white coat syndrome

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 198-201

  Matsui, Doreen ^a,c   Cho, Mijin ^b   Rieder, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Children survey four to eight year olds; Parents survey; Physicians; White coat

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CLOTHING; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; GROOMING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PEDIATRICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

EID: 0031821158     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006565-199806000-00006     Document Type: Article

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