Policies and practices related to the role of board certification and recertification of pediatricians in hospital privileging

JAMA

Volumn 295, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 905-912

  Freed, Gary L ^a,b   Uren, Rebecca L ^a   Hudson, Ericka J ^a   Lakhani, Indu ^a   Wheeler, John R C ^a,b   Stockman III, James A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c AMERICAN BOARD OF PEDIATRICS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CERTIFICATION; COMPETENCE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL PLANNING; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PEDIATRICIAN; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; RECERTIFICATION; TEACHING; TELEPHONE;

EID: 33644504572     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.295.8.905     Document Type: Article

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