The “doctor-customer” relationship: Hippocrates in the modern marketplace

International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 9-10

  Mulhall, Kevin J ^a   Ahmed, Aftab ^a   Masterson, Eric ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL LIMERICK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Customer service; Doctors; Health care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONSUMER; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; MALE; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; NOMENCLATURE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARD; UNITED KINGDOM; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH CARE SECTOR; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; STATE MEDICINE; TERMINOLOGY;

EID: 0036370082     PISSN: 09526862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09526860210415551     Document Type: Article

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