Internal medicine residents' perceived ability to direct patient care: Impact of gender and experience

Journal of Women's Health

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1615-1621

  Bartels, Christie ^a,b   Goetz, Sarah ^b   Ward, Earlise ^c,d   Carnes, Molly ^a,b,c,e  

^a Department of Medicine ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

^e WILLIAM S MIDDLETON MEMORIAL VETERANS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APTITUDE; ARTICLE; ASSERTIVENESS; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LEADERSHIP; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PERSONALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STRESS; TRAINING;

ADULT; ASSERTIVENESS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERNAL MEDICINE; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MALE; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 57349101096     PISSN: 15409996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jwh.2008.0798     Document Type: Article

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