International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance
ESCI-ISI SCOPUS (1988-2022)
0952-6862
1758-6542
Anh Quốc
Cơ quản chủ quản: Emerald Group Publishing Ltd.
Lĩnh vực:
Business, Management and Accounting (miscellaneous)Health Policy
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The “doctor‐customer” relationship: Hippocrates in the modern marketplaceWe performed a consecutive survey of 100 people presenting to a hospital injury clinic to ascertain their attitude to terminology currently used to describe them in our own institution and in the international literature. The results of this demonstrated that the subjects significantly preferred the traditional assignation “patient” rather than terms such as client or customer. This findin... ...
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Working with Self-management Courses – The Thoughts of Participants, Planners and Policy Makers
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