Patient-physician trust: An exploratory study

Journal of Family Practice

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 169-176

  Thom, David H ^a   Campbell, Bruce ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication; focus groups; patient centered care; physician patient relations

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPETENCE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MANAGED CARE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERCEPTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CALIFORNIA; CARING; CLINICAL APPROACH/SOURCE; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SURVEY; TRUST;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CALIFORNIA; COMMUNICATION; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PREGNANCY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RESEARCH; TRUST;

EID: 0031026247     PISSN: 00943509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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