Free to be you and me? Balancing professionalism, culture, and self-expression

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 312-313

  Beach, Mary Catherine ^a   Saha, Somnath ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PORTLAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL PROFESSION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEDICAL STUDENT; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; SELF CONCEPT; SELF EVALUATION; TATTOO; UNITED STATES;

ATTITUDE; BODY PIERCING; CULTURE; HUMANS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS;

EID: 18244387438     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1497.2005.41006.x     Document Type: Editorial

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