When talking to the patient is difficult: The physician's perspective

Communication and Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 69-76

  Vegni, Elena ^a,b   Visioli, Sonia ^a,c,d   Moja, Egidio A ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b SAN PAOLO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Grounded theory; Narratives; Patient centered medicine; Physician patient relations

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; VERBAL COMMUNICATION; WRITING;

EID: 27344450239     PISSN: 16121783     EISSN: 16133625     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/come.2005.2.1.69     Document Type: Article

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