The accuracy of physicians' perceptions of patients' suffering: Findings from two teaching hospitals

Academic Medicine

Volumn 84, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 636-642

  Lesho, Emil ^a,b,c   Foster, Leslie ^b   Wang, Zhining ^d   Sarmiento, Dennis ^b   Dennison, Sheri ^e   Vahey, Maryanne T ^a   Nolan, Eileen ^b   Smalls, Cyrilla ^b  

^a WALTER REED ARMY INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^b WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences   (United States)

^d HENRY M JACKSON FOUNDATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF MILITARY MEDICINE   (United States)

^e LANDSTUHL REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMOTION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN; PATIENT; PERCEPTION; PHYSICIAN; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RATING SCALE; SYMPTOM; TEACHING HOSPITAL; UNITED STATES; WILCOXON SIGNED RANKS TEST;

EID: 68249133840     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0b013e31819facf1     Document Type: Article

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