Physicians' psychosocial beliefs correlate with their patient communication skills

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 1995, Pages 375-379

  Levinson, Wendy ^a   Roter, Debra ^b  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

attitudes; physician patient communication; physicians; psychosocial aspects of care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HUMAN; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL ASPECT; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0029159876     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02599834     Document Type: Article

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