Closing medical encounters: Two physician practices and their implications for the expression of patients' unstated concerns

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 639-656

  Robinson, Jeffrey D ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Closing interactions; Communication; Conversation analysis; Physician patient encounters

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVERSATION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RECORDING; TECHNIQUE; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

CALIFORNIA; COMMUNICATION; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; OFFICE VISITS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; SELF DISCLOSURE; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 0034969333     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(00)00366-X     Document Type: Article

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