New Zealand doctors' attitudes towards the complaints and disciplinary process

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 117, Issue 1198, 2004, Pages

  Cunningham, Wayne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL PROFESSION; NEW ZEALAND; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPONSIBILITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; MALPRACTICE; PATIENT RIGHT; PHYSICIAN; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MALPRACTICE; NEW ZEALAND; PATIENT RIGHTS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIANS; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 6944252162     PISSN: 11758716     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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