Physician attitudes toward personal relationships with patients

Medical Care

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 547-552

  Regan, Susan ^a   Ferris, Timothy G ^a   Campbell, Eric G ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Medical education; Physician patient relations; Professional boundary; Professionalism

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANESTHESIOLOGY; ARTICLE; CARDIOLOGY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MALE; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROFESSIONALISM; SURGERY;

ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIOLOGY; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CARDIOLOGY; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77952884630     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e3181d559d0     Document Type: Article

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