Patient Characteristics and Experiences Associated with Trust in Specialist Physicians

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 164, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1015-1020

  Keating, Nancy L ^a,b   Gandhi, Tejal K ^a   Orav, E John ^a   Bates, David W ^a   Ayanian, John Z ^a,b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TRUST;

EMPIRICAL APPROACH; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP;

ADULT; AGED; DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SPECIALISM; TRUST;

EID: 2342527893     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.164.9.1015     Document Type: Review

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