The purpose of the general practice consultation from the patient's perspective - Theoretical aspects

Family Practice

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 638-643

  Thorsen, Hanne ^a   Witt, Klaus ^a   Hollnagel, Hanne ^a   Malterud, Kirsti ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Consultation purposes; General practice; Patient centredness; Patients' expectations; Patients' satisfaction

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CONCEPT FORMATION; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; SKILL; THEORY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WORK;

EID: 0035664656     PISSN: 02632136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/fampra/18.6.638     Document Type: Article

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