The White Coat Ceremony: Turning Trust into Entitlement

Teaching and Learning in Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 56-59

  Russell, Philip C ^a,b  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CLOTHING; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; UNITED STATES;

CLOTHING; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; HUMANS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); PROFESSIONAL AUTONOMY; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036885866     PISSN: 10401334     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15328015tlm1401_13     Document Type: Article

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