Patients do not know the level of training of their doctors because doctors do not tell them

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 607-610

  Santen, Sally A ^a,d   Rotter, Tricia S ^b,e   Hemphill, Robin R ^c  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e Kaiser Sunnyside Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Graduate medical education; Physician patient relations; Teaching hospitals

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT INFORMATION; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; ROLE PLAYING; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TRAINING; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; MANPOWER; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN; SELF DISCLOSURE; STANDARD;

ADULT; COMMUNICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; SELF DISCLOSURE; TRUTH DISCLOSURE;

EID: 42449137497     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-007-0472-1     Document Type: Article

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