Judging a book by its cover: Descriptive survey of patients' preferences for doctors' appearance and mode of address

British Medical Journal

Volumn 331, Issue 7531, 2005, Pages 1524-1527

  Lill, Marianne M ^a   Wilkinson, Tim J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOTHING; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; FACIAL EXPRESSION; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; NEW ZEALAND; OUTPATIENT; PHOTOGRAPHY; PHYSICIAN; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; STUDENT T TEST; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

ADULT; AGED; CLOTHING; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS;

EID: 29544443378     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.331.7531.1524     Document Type: Review

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