This paper addresses theoretical and methodological gaps in hospitalist research. Using a process-oriented qualitative design, the findings question the prominent stimulus-response assumption. The focus on the interplay of functions and the hospitalists' roles lead to a more comprehensive picture of the patient-related interaction processes.
scite is a Brooklyn-based organization that helps researchers better discover and understand research articles through Smart Citations–citations that display the context of the citation and describe whether the article provides supporting or contrasting evidence. scite is used by students and researchers from around the world and is funded in part by the National Science Foundation and the National Institute on Drug Abuse of the National Institutes of Health.