Patient cues and medical interviewing in general practice: Examples of the application of sequential analysis

Epidemiologia e Psichiatria Sociale

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 115-123

  Zimmermann, Christa ^a   Del Piccolo, Lidia ^a   Mazzi, Maria Angela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Medical interview; Sequence analysis; VR MICS

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONSULTATION; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; SEQUENTIAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0038383686     PISSN: 1121189X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1121189X00006187     Document Type: Conference Paper

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