'Only connect': The centrality of doctor-patient relationships in primary care

Family Practice

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 232-233

  Roberts, Celia ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Centrality; Doctor patient relationship; Primary care

Indexed keywords

COMPETENCE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EDITORIAL; EMOTIONALITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT RIGHT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL PROBLEM;

HUMANS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

EID: 2942637495     PISSN: 02632136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/fampra/cmh302     Document Type: Editorial

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