Religious hospitals and primary care physicians: Conflicts over policies for patient care

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 725-730

  Stulberg, Debra B ^a,b   Lawrence, Ryan E ^c   Shattuck, Jason ^d   Curlin, Farr A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^d Valley Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

conscience; health policy; hospital policy; primary care; religion

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SURVEY; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICIAN; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; POSTAL MAIL; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIGION;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HOSPITALS, RELIGIOUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS, PRIMARY CARE; RELIGION AND MEDICINE;

EID: 77954383797     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-010-1329-6     Document Type: Article

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