Pediatric hospitalists and primary care providers: A communication needs assessment

Journal of Hospital Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 187-193

  Harlan, Gregory ^a   Srivastava, Rajendu ^a   Harrison, Lanny ^b   McBride, Glen ^b   Maloney, Chistopher ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b INTERMOUNTAIN HEALTHCARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication; Hospitalists; Needs assessment; Primary care providers

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; OPEN ENDED QUESTIONNAIRE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; ADULT; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF; PEDIATRICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; COMMUNICATION; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HOSPITALISTS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; UTAH;

EID: 67649364548     PISSN: 15535592     EISSN: 15535606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jhm.456     Document Type: Article

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