Doctors expressions of uncertainty and patient confidence

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 171-176

  Ogden, Jane ^a   Fuks, Kaz ^a   Gardner, Mary ^a   Johnson, Steve ^a   McLean, Malcolm ^a   Martin, Pam ^a   Shah, Reena ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Behavioural expressions; Communication; Patient confidence; Uncertainty; Verbal expressions

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMMUNICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 0036823513     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0738-3991(02)00020-4     Document Type: Article

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