Tensions between medical professionals and patients in Mainland China

Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 458-465

  Zhang, Xinqing ^a   Sleeboom Faulkner, Margaret ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHINA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT; PHYSICIAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARD; STATISTICS; TRUST; VIOLENCE;

CHINA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; PATIENTS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; TRUST; VIOLENCE;

EID: 79959223226     PISSN: 09631801     EISSN: 14692147     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0963180111000144     Document Type: Article

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