A short educational intervention on communication skills improves the quality of screening for Chlamydia in GPs in Belgium: A cluster randomised controlled trial

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 101-105

  Verhoeven, Veronique ^a   Avonts, Dirk ^a   Vermeire, Etienne ^a   Debaene, Luc ^a   Van Royen, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Counselling; Education; General practice; Sexually transmitted infection

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCREENING; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE;

EID: 15944388663     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2004.05.001     Document Type: Article

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