Patient-physician mistrust and violence against physicians in Guangdong Province, China: A qualitative study

BMJ Open

Volumn 5, Issue 10, 2015, Pages

  Tucker, Joseph D ^a,b,c,d   Cheng, Yu ^c,d   Wong, Bonnie ^b,e   Gong, Ni ^c,d   Nie, Jing Bao ^f   Zhu, Wei ^g   McLaughlin, Megan M ^h   Xie, Ruishi ^c   Deng, Yinghui ^c   Huang, Meijin ^c   Wong, William C W ^i,j   Lan, Ping ^c   Liu, Huanliang ^c   Miao, Wei ^c   Kleinman, Arthur ^k  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNC Project China   (China)

^c SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^g FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^h HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^j THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG SHENZHEN HOSPITAL   (China)

^k HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHINA; CONFLICT OF INTEREST; DOCTOR NURSE RELATION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FAMILY; FAMILY STUDY; GEOGRAPHY; HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATOR; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MODEL; MORALITY; PERCEPTION; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PROFIT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; TRUST; VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MALE; PREJUDICE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

CHINA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS; PREJUDICE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; VIOLENCE;

EID: 84949183785     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2015-008221     Document Type: Article

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