Patients'attitude toward consultations by a physician without a white coat in Japan

Internal Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 533-536

  Ikusaka, Masatomi ^a   Kamegai, Manabu ^a   Sunaga, Tatsuya ^a   Narita, Nobuyoshi ^a   Kobayashi, Hisaji ^a   Yonenami, Koji ^a   Watanabe, Midori ^a  

^a ST MARIANNA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Physician patient relationship; Private clothes

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CHILD; CLOTHING; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE; CHILD; CLOTHING; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0033158491     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.38.533     Document Type: Article

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