Identification of resident and attending physicians: Do parents know who is caring for their hospitalized child?

Ambulatory Pediatrics

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 257-259

  Brewer, Traci Lynne ^a   Key, Janice D ^a   O'Rourke, Kathleen ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Doctor parent communication; Graduate medical education; Internship and residency; Pediatrics; Physician patient relations

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CHILD CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL PROFESSION; PARENT; PEDIATRICIAN; PHYSICIAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESIDENT; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

EID: 2942691455     PISSN: 15301567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1367/A03-097R1.1     Document Type: Article

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