Patient attitudes toward emergency physician attire

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-3

  Siu, Fai Li ^a,b   Haber, Marc ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JACOBI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Appearance; Dress; Emergency; Satisfaction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CLOTHING; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; REVIEW; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 20444378524     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2004.12.014     Document Type: Article

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