Patient and visit characteristics related to physicians’ participatory decision-making style: Results from the medical outcomes study

Medical Care

Volumn 33, Issue 12, 1995, Pages 1176-1187

  Kaplan, Sherrie H ^a   Gandek, Barbara ^a   Greenfield, Sheldon ^a   Rogers, William ^a   Ware, John E ^a  

^a TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Doctor patient communication; Interpersonal care; Participatory decision making style

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DEMOGRAPHY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; APPOINTMENTS AND SCHEDULES; BOSTON; CHICAGO; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DECISION MAKING; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; LOS ANGELES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OFFICE VISITS; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0029444166     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: 15371948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005650-199512000-00002     Document Type: Article

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