The effect of obesity on medical students' approach to patients with abdominal pain

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 262-265

  Wigton, Robert S ^a   McGaghie, William C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EDUCATION; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; STEREOTYPY;

CLINICAL APPROACH/SOURCE; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CASE MANAGEMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PREJUDICE; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 0035035736     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1497.2001.016004262.x     Document Type: Article

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