Medical students as patients: Implications of their dual role as explored in a vignette-based survey study of 1027 medical students at nine medical schools

Comprehensive Psychiatry

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 405-412

  Roberts, Laura Weiss ^a   Warner, Teddy D ^b   Smithpeter, Megan ^c   Rogers, Melinda ^b   Horwitz, Russell ^d  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENERAL ASPECTS OF DISEASE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MEDICAL STUDENT; PATIENT; ROLE PLAYING; SEX DIFFERENCE; STIGMA; UNITED STATES; VIGNETTE;

ADULT; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 79959287525     PISSN: 0010440X     EISSN: 15328384     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2010.09.004     Document Type: Article

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