Providers' perceptions of relationships and professional roles when caring for patients who leave the hospital against medical advice

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1698-1707

  Windish, Donna M ^a,b   Ratanawongsa, Neda ^c  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WATERBURY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BAYVIEW MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Difficult patient; Hospitalization; Patient discharge; Patient provider communication; Professionalism

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HEALTH HAZARD; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PERCEPTION; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; RESIDENCY EDUCATION;

ADULT; COUNSELING; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

EID: 51649093984     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-008-0728-4     Document Type: Article

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