"It's not our ass": Medical resident sense-making regarding lawsuits

Health Communication

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 81-89

  Noland, Carey ^a   Carl, Walter J ^a  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MALPRACTICE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STAFF; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; SOCIALIZATION;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MALE; MALPRACTICE; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; SOCIALIZATION;

EID: 33747294612     PISSN: 10410236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15327027hc2001_8     Document Type: Review

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