What do patients expect from their physicians?

Iranian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 70-77

  Dormohammadi, T ^a   Asghari, F ^b   Rashidian, A ^c  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Patient expectation; Patient priority; Patient centered care

Indexed keywords

EID: 77749328452     PISSN: 22516085     EISSN: 22516093     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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