Zen and the Art of Physician Autonomy Maintenance

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 138, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 992-995

  Reinertsen, James L ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE FOR HEALTHCARE IMPROVEMENT   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PERFORMANCE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; REVIEW; ARTICLE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; STANDARD;

EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PROFESSIONAL AUTONOMY;

EID: 0037794188     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-138-12-200306170-00011     Document Type: Review

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