Survey shows that at least some physicians are not always open or honest with patients

Health Affairs

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 383-391

  Iezzoni, Lisa I ^a   Rao, Sowmya R ^b   DesRoches, Catherine M ^c   Vogeli, Christine ^d   Campbell, Eric G ^e  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c MATHEMATICA POLICY RESEARCH   (United States)

^d Mongan Institute for Health Policy   (United States)

^e HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNICATION SKILL; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; MALE; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DECEPTION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84858596090     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 15445208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2010.1137     Document Type: Article

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