Surgeons' experiences of complaints to the Health and Disability Commissioner

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 117, Issue 1198, 2004, Pages

  Tapper, Richard F ^a   Malcolm, Laurence ^b   Frizelle, Frank A ^a  

^a CHRISTCHURCH HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^b Health Care Aotearoa   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DATA BASE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NEW ZEALAND; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTAL MAIL; PRIVATE PRACTICE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGEON; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; MALPRACTICE; MIDDLE AGED; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; RISK; STANDARD; STATISTICS; SURGERY;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT AGENCIES; HUMANS; MALE; MALPRACTICE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK; SPECIALTIES, SURGICAL; SURGERY;

EID: 6944256724     PISSN: 11758716     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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