Changes in questions about psychiatric illness asked on medical licensure applications between 1995 and 1996

Psychiatric Services

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 202-206

  Hansen, Thomas E ^a,c,d   Goetz, Rupert R ^b,c,d   Bloom, Joseph D ^c,e   Fenn, Arien S ^a,c,d  

^a PORTLAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Oregon Off of Mental Hlth Services   (United States)

^c OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Department of Psychiatry ^*

^e School of Medicine

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPETENCE; LEGAL LIABILITY; LICENSING; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MENTAL DISEASE; PHYSICAL DISEASE; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL ISOLATION; STANDARDIZATION; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

EID: 0031893459     PISSN: 10752730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ps.49.2.202     Document Type: Article

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