How do patients define "good" and "bad" doctors? Qualitative approach to the representations of hospital patients

Swiss Medical Weekly

Volumn 135, Issue 5-6, 2005, Pages 82-86

  Luthy, Christophe ^a   Cedraschi, Christine ^a   Perrin, Eliane ^b   Allaz, Anne Françoise ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b University of Applied Sciences   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Doctor patient communication; Doctors' characteristics; Good bad doctors; Patient expectations; Patient preferences

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; DRUG USE; FEMALE; GENDER; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE;

EID: 14644411744     PISSN: 14247860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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