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Metadata
Title
Physician–Physician Communication: What’s the Hang-up?
Authors
Andrew S. Dunn, MD
Brian Markoff, MD
Publication date
01-03-2009
Publisher
Springer-Verlag
Published in
Journal of General Internal Medicine / Issue 3/2009
Print ISSN: 0884-8734
Electronic ISSN: 1525-1497
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11606-009-0913-0

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