"What makes a good doctor?" A cross sectional survey of public opinion

Irish Medical Journal

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 38-41

  Leahy, M ^a   Cullen, Walter ^a   Bury, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; COMPETENCE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTELLIGENCE; INTERVIEW; MALE; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; PUBLIC HEALTH; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SAMPLE SIZE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PHYSICIAN; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC OPINION; STANDARD;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PUBLIC OPINION;

EID: 0037762686     PISSN: 03323102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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