Improving anaesthetists' communication skills

Anaesthesia

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 166-172

  Harms, C ^a   Young, J R ^b   Amsler, F ^a   Zettler, C ^a   Scheidegger, D ^a   Kindler, C H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Clinical competence; Communication; Education; Patient satisfaction; Physician patient relations; Pre operative care

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIST; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; COMPETENCE; CONTINUING EDUCATION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREDICTION; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD;

ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIOLOGY; ANXIETY; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNICATION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 0442325408     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.2004.03528.x     Document Type: Article

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