The characteristics of doctors receiving medical complaints: A cross-sectional survey of doctors in New Zealand

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 116, Issue 1183, 2003, Pages

  Cunningham, Wayne ^a   Crump, Raewyn ^a   Tomlin, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPETENCE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INCIDENCE; JOB PERFORMANCE; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NEW ZEALAND; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPONSIBILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; ADULT; CONSUMER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; MALPRACTICE; STATISTICS;

ADULT; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MALPRACTICE; NEW ZEALAND; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS;

EID: 0642281401     PISSN: 11758716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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