Patient Complaints about Physician Behaviors: A Qualitative Study

Academic Medicine

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 134-138

  Wofford, Marcia M ^a   Wofford, James L ^a   Bothra, Jashoda ^b,c   Kendrick, S Bryant ^a   Smith, Amanda ^c   Lichstein, Peter R ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CISCO SYSTEMS   (United States)

^c North Carolina Baptist Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CURRICULUM; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; REGISTER; STATISTICS; TRUST;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; HUMANS; NORTH CAROLINA; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REGISTRIES; TRUST;

EID: 1542378737     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001888-200402000-00008     Document Type: Article

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