Discussing health care costs with patients: An opportunity for empathic communication

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 666-669

  Hardee, James T ^a,b,d   Platt, Frederic W ^b   Kasper, Ilene K ^c  

^a Kaiser Permanente ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c Research and Development   (United States)

^d KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Empathy; Health care costs; Physician patient communication

Indexed keywords

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMPATHY; EMPLOYER; EXPERIENCE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; REVIEW; SKILL;

COMMUNICATION; EMPATHY; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS;

EID: 22644444252     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1497.2005.0125.x     Document Type: Review

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