What do physicians gain (and lose) with experience? Qualitative results from a cross-national study of diabetes

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 70, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1728-1736

  Elstad, Emily A ^a   Lutfey, Karen E ^b   Marceau, Lisa D ^b   Campbell, Stephen M ^c   von dem Knesebeck, Olaf ^d   McKinlay, John B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b NEW ENGLAND RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chronic disease management; Clinical decision making; Clinical experience; Diabetes; Germany; Physicians; Qualitative; UK; USA

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; DIABETES; HEALTH WORKER; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COGNITION; DIABETES MELLITUS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL ERROR; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SKILL; SOCIAL ASPECT; TIME; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DECISION MAKING; DIABETES MELLITUS; GERMANY; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

GERMANY; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77952547777     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2010.02.014     Document Type: Article

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