Predictors of Communication Quality: The Patient, Provider, and Nurse Call Center Triad

Health Communication

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 431-455

  Ledlow, Gerald R ^b   Dan O'Hair, H ^a   Moore, Scott ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPECTATION; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANAGED CARE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NORMAL HUMAN; NURSE; PATIENT; PERCEPTION; PREDICTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOCIAL STATUS;

EID: 0242628325     PISSN: 10410236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/S15327027HC1504_04     Document Type: Article

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