Discussing the undiscussable with the powerful: Why and how faculty must learn to counteract organizational silence

Academic Medicine

Volumn 89, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 1610-1613

  Dankoski, Mary E ^a   Bickel, Janet ^b   Gusic, Maryellen E ^c  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b American Medical Colleges ^*  (United States)

^c ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN MEDICAL COLLEGES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LEADERSHIP; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; COMMUNICATION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; FACULTY, MEDICAL; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; LEADERSHIP; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 84918777901     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: 1938808X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0000000000000428     Document Type: Review

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