Professional perceptions of plastic and reconstructive surgery: What primary care physicians think

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 126, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 643-650

  Tanna, Neil ^a   Patel, Nitin J ^b   Azhar, Hamdan ^b   Granzow, Jay W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PERCEPTION; PLASTIC SURGERY; PROBABILITY; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; PUBLIC RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CALIFORNIA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; PROBABILITY; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SURGERY, PLASTIC;

EID: 77955414237     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PRS.0b013e3181de1a16     Document Type: Article

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