Doctors' use of euphemisms and their impact on patients' beliefs about health: An experimental study of heart failure

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 321-326

  Tayler, Michael ^a   Ogden, Jane ^a,b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Consultations; Euphemisms; Heart failure; Language

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; DEPRESSION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LANGUAGE; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL AREA; SYMPTOM; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANXIETY; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COMMUNICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FEAR; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION; SEMANTICS; TRUTH DISCLOSURE;

EID: 18844437568     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2004.09.001     Document Type: Article

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