White coat, patient gown

Medical Humanities

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 90-96

  Wellbery, Caroline ^a   Chan, Melissa ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ART; BEHAVIOR; CLOTHING; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT; PERSONHOOD; PHYSICIAN; PRIVACY;

ART; CLOTHING; CULTURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENTS; PERSONHOOD; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); PRIVACY;

EID: 84911427092     PISSN: 1468215X     EISSN: 14734265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/medhum-2013-010463     Document Type: Article

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