The impact of complaints on medical professionalism in New Zealand

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 118, Issue 1219, 2005, Pages

  Cunningham, Wayne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL FACTOR; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EDITORIAL; HEALING; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN RELATION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL PROFESSION; NEW ZEALAND; PATIENT ABANDONMENT; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SUPPORT GROUP; TRUST; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONFLICT; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; NOTE; PHILOSOPHY; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DISSENT AND DISPUTES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; NEW ZEALAND; PHILOSOPHY, MEDICAL; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE;

EID: 27244456471     PISSN: 11758716     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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