The decline of clinical contact in medicine

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 191, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 508-510

  Lancashire, Bill ^a   Hore, Craig T ^a   Fassett, Robert G ^b,c  

^a PORT MACQUARIE BASE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; INTENSIVE CARE; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PATIENT SAFETY; POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; REVIEW; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; STANDARD; WORKLOAD;

EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; HUMANS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; WORKLOAD;

EID: 73349098440     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2009.tb02915.x     Document Type: Review

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