Losing confidence in medicine in an era of medical expansion?

Social Science Research

Volumn 52, Issue , 2015, Pages 701-715

  Zheng, Hui ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Confidence in medicine; Medical expansion; Obedience to doctors' authority; Trust in doctors' ethics

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ETHICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICINE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHYSICIAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; TRENDS; TRUST; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; ETHICS, MEDICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICINE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TRUST; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84937156683     PISSN: 0049089X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2014.10.009     Document Type: Article

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