When documentation supersedes patient communication: An example from an endoscopy unit

JAMA Internal Medicine

Volumn 175, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 884-885

  Shah, Udayan K ^a   DiMura, Carol ^b   Agrawal, Deepak ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BayCare Health Systems   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLONOSCOPY; ENDOSCOPY; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; DOCUMENTATION; PATIENT CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARDS;

COMMUNICATION; DOCUMENTATION; ENDOSCOPY; HUMANS; PATIENT CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84930742679     PISSN: 21686106     EISSN: 21686114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2015.1100     Document Type: Short Survey

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