A cautionary lesson from simulated patients

Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 132-133

  Rosen, Gerald M ^a,c   Phillips, William R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSULTATION; EDITORIAL; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MEDICAL ETHICS; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; SIMULATION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

HUMANS; LIE DETECTION; MENTAL DISORDERS; PATIENT SIMULATION; PATIENTS; PHYSICIANS; TRUTH DISCLOSURE;

EID: 2942652442     PISSN: 10936793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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