Assessing patient satisfaction, trust, commitment, loyalty and doctors' reputation towards doctor services

Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1207-1210

  Suki, Norazah Mohd ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA SABAH   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Doctors; Patient satisfaction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAYSIA; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; PROFESSIONALISM; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; TRUST;

EID: 83455198438     PISSN: 1682024X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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