Patient-centredness: A conceptual framework and review of the empirical literature

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 51, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 1087-1110

  Mead, Nicola ^a   Bower, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Communication; Literature review; Patient centred care; Physician patient relations; Process assessment; Quality of health care

Indexed keywords

DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; REVIEW; SELF REPORT;

EID: 0034309873     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(00)00098-8     Document Type: Article

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