Developing and using quantitative instruments for measuring doctor-patient communication about drugs

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 273-278

  Jenkins, Linda ^a   Britten, Nicky ^a   Stevenson, Fiona ^d   Barber, Nick ^b   Bradley, Colin ^c  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^d ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adherence; Communication; Expectations; Prescribing

Indexed keywords

DRUG;

CONFERENCE PAPER; CONSULTATION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; MEDICAL RESEARCH; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SATISFACTION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 0041402824     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0738-3991(03)00049-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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