UK dental laboratory technicians' views on the efficacy and teaching of clinical-laboratory communication

British Dental Journal

Volumn 206, Issue 10, 2009, Pages

  Juszczyk, A S ^a   Clark, R K F ^a   Radford, D R ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DENTAL ASSISTANT; DENTAL EDUCATION; DENTAL TECHNOLOGY; DENTIST; EDUCATION; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; LABORATORY; PUBLIC RELATIONS; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DENTAL TECHNICIANS; DENTISTS; EDUCATION, DENTAL; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; LABORATORIES, DENTAL; TECHNOLOGY, DENTAL;

EID: 67649573586     PISSN: 00070610     EISSN: 17417503     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bdj.2009.434     Document Type: Article

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