Personality, gender and medico-legal matters in medical practice

Australasian Psychiatry

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 19-24

  Nash, Louise ^a,d   Daly, Michele ^a   Johnson, Maree ^b   Coulston, Carissa ^a   Tennant, Chris ^a   van Ekert, Elizabeth ^c   Walter, Garry ^a   Willcock, Simon ^a   Walton, Merrilyn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c Risk Advisory Services   (Australia)

^d Greater Western Area Health Service   (Australia)

Author keywords

Doctors; General practitioners; Medico legal matters; Personality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EXTRAVERSION; EYSENCK PERSONALITY QUESTIONNAIRE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; LAW SUIT; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; NEUROSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; PEER REVIEW; PERSONALITY; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; POSTAL MAIL; PRIVATE PRACTICE; PSYCHOSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; WORK SCHEDULE;

AUSTRALIA; CHARACTER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INSURANCE, LIABILITY; MALPRACTICE; NEUROTIC DISORDERS; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; PSYCHOMETRICS; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SPECIALISM; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE;

EID: 58149482241     PISSN: 10398562     EISSN: 14401665     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10398560802085359     Document Type: Article

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