Dentists' and patients' communicative behaviour and their satisfaction with the dental encounter

Community Dental Health

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 11-15

  Schouten, B C ^a   Eijkman, M A J ^a   Hoogstraten, J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Dentist satisfaction; Dentist patient communication; Patient participation; Patient satisfaction; Social dentistry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; DENTIST; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; FIRST AID; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; VIDEORECORDING; ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DECISION MAKING; DENTAL CARE; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REPRODUCIBILITY; SATISFACTION; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMMUNICATION; DECISION MAKING; DENTAL CARE; DENTIST-PATIENT RELATIONS; DENTISTS; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 0037902928     PISSN: 0265539X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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