"Fire away": The opening sequence in general practice consultations

Family Practice

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 242-247

  Gafaranga, Joseph ^a   Britten, Nicky ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Communication; Family physicians; Patient participation; Physician patient relationships

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVERSATION; DATA ANALYSIS; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; METHODOLOGY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOCIAL ASPECT; SPEECH; TAPE RECORDER; UNITED KINGDOM;

COMMUNICATION; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; ENGLAND; FAMILY PRACTICE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; OFFICE VISITS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; WIT AND HUMOR;

EID: 0013142649     PISSN: 02632136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/fampra/cmg303     Document Type: Article

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