Requesting physicians' experiences regarding infectious disease consultations

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Pavese, Patricia ^a   Sellier, Elodie ^a,b   Laborde, Laurent ^a   Gennai, Stéphane ^a   Stahl, Jean Paul ^a   François, Patrice ^a,b  

^a GRENOBLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b LABORATOIRE TIMC IMAG   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; FRANCE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INFECTION; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICIAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; SATISFACTION; SELF REPORT; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADULT; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FRANCE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION;

EID: 79952495368     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-11-62     Document Type: Article

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