Surgeons Managing Conflict: A Framework for Understanding the Challenge

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 203, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 568-574

  Rogers, David A ^a   Lingard, Lorelei ^b  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFLICT; DOCTOR NURSE RELATION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; JOB STRESS; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SURGEON;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); DISSENT AND DISPUTES; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; SURGERY;

EID: 33748800714     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2006.06.012     Document Type: Review

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