Being better clinicians: An acronym to excellence

QJM: An International Journal of Medicine

Volumn 106, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 385-388

  Schattner, Ami ^a,b  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b KAPLAN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL OBSERVATION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; NOTE; PHYSICIAN; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE;

EID: 84875602553     PISSN: 14602725     EISSN: 14602393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/hct036     Document Type: Note

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