Patients' perceptions of doctors' clothing: Should we really be bare below the elbow?

Journal of Laryngology and Otology

Volumn 124, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 963-966

  Bond, L ^a   Clamp, P J ^a   Gray, K ^a   Van Dam, V ^a  

^a ROYAL UNITED HOSPITALS BATH NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Health Policy; Hygiene; Nosocomial Infection; Physician Patient Relations; Protective Clothing

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLOTHING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PHYSICIAN CLOTHING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLOTHING; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78649953289     PISSN: 00222151     EISSN: 17485460     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022215110001167     Document Type: Article

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