TY  - JOUR
T1  - REsearch letters
AU  - Arora V, Gangireddy S, Mehrotra A, Ginde R, Tormey M, Meltzer D
Y1  - 2009/01/26
N1  - 10.1001/archinternmed.2008.565
JO  - Archives of Internal Medicine
SP  - 199
EP  - 205
VL  - 169
IS  - 2
N2  - 
Patients in teaching hospitals may be confused regarding who is involved in their care and by their respective roles in their care. Physicians in training may contribute to this problem through the failure to introduce themselves and their role to patients.1 Resident duty-hour limits and the use of nonteaching hospitalists may also contribute to this problem owing to increased care fragmentation. In addition to system factors, certain patients may be less likely to identify their hospital physician because of various socioeconomic and demographic factors. Regardless of the cause, patients who are unable to identify their physicians may be less informed about their hospitalization and not know to whom to direct questions, impairing their ability to make informed decisions both during and after hospitalization. To empower patients in this setting, several organizations advocate that hospitalized patients stay informed about the technical aspects of their care, such as who is in charge of their care.2- 4

SN  - 0003-9926
M3  - doi: 10.1001/archinternmed.2008.565
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archinternmed.2008.565
ER  -