Defensive changes in medical practice and the complaints process: A qualitative study of New Zealand doctors

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 119, Issue 1244, 2006, Pages

  Cunningham, Wayne ^a,b   Dovey, Susan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b Milton Health Centre   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EXPECTATION; GOOD CLINICAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SURVEY; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERVIEW; MALPRACTICE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NEW ZEALAND; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PHYSICIAN; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; TIME; WORKLOAD; CLINICAL PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DEFENSIVE MEDICINE; HUMANS; MALPRACTICE; NEW ZEALAND; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION;

EID: 33750485794     PISSN: 11758716     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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