Practitioner empathy, patient enablement and health outcomes of patients attending the Glasgow Homoeopathic Hospital: A retrospective and prospective comparison

Wiener Medizinische Wochenschrift

Volumn 155, Issue 21-22, 2005, Pages 498-501

  Mercer, Stewart W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Empathy; Enablement; Health outcome; Homoeopathy; PEI

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSULTATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EMPATHY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HOMEOPATHY; HUMAN; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTPATIENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WELLBEING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HOMEOPATHY; HOSPITALS, SPECIAL; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCOTLAND; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 29544441317     PISSN: 00435341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10354-005-0229-6     Document Type: Article

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