Consultation-liaison psychiatry training and supervision results in fewer recommendations for constant observation

General Hospital Psychiatry

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 359-364

  Jin, Charles ^a   Novik, Sonia ^a   Saravay, Stephen ^a  

^a LONG ISLAND JEWISH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; LIAISON PSYCHIATRY; MALE; OBSERVATION; RESIDENCY EDUCATION;

ADULT; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMAN; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; NEW YORK; OBSERVATION; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; PSYCHIATRY; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0033804971     PISSN: 01638343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0163-8343(00)00091-8     Document Type: Article

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