Patients' understanding of the roles of interns, residents, and attending physicians in the emergency department

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 339-344

  Hemphill, Robin R ^a,b   Santen, Sally A ^b,c,d   Rountree, C Bart ^c   Szmit, Andrew R ^c  

^a BROOKE ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^d VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attending physicians; Emergency department; Interns; Medical education; Medical ethics; Patients; Residents

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPREHENSION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; PATIENT INFORMATION; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SATISFACTION; TRAINING;

EID: 0032942736     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.1999.tb00399.x     Document Type: Article

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