Certifying the good physician: A work in progress

JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 312, Issue 22, 2014, Pages 2340-2342

  Lee, Thomas H ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CERTIFICATION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EDITORIAL; GOOD CLINICAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEDICARE; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; PHYSICIAN; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; AMBULATORY CARE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MALE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AMBULATORY CARE; CERTIFICATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MALE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84916876993     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2014.13566     Document Type: Editorial

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