Factors affecting the professional image of physicians

Current Surgery

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 214-219

  Rowland, Pamela A ^a   Coe, Nicholas P W ^b   Burchard, Kenneth W ^a   Pricolo, Victor E ^c  

^a DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical competencies; Communication skills; Interpersonal skills; Nonverbal; Physician image; Professional behavior; Professionalism

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CANADA; CLOTHING; COMPETENCE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PEER REVIEW; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PUBLIC RELATIONS; RATING SCALE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TRUST; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLOTHING; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 15844384193     PISSN: 01497944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cursur.2004.08.008     Document Type: Article

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