Explanations in consultations: The combined effectiveness of doctors' and nurses' communication with patients

Medical Education

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 785-796

  Collins, Sarah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

*communication; *nurse patient relations; *physician patient relations; Blood glucose; Clinical competence *standards; Diabetes mellitus *therapy nursing; Family practice; Female; Humans; Male

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DOCTOR NURSE RELATION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL PROFESSION; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE;

BLOOD GLUCOSE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNICATION; DIABETES MELLITUS; ENGLAND; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS;

EID: 23044439527     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2929.2005.02222.x     Document Type: Article

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