Patients' perceptions of visit companions' helpfulness during Japanese geriatric medical visits

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 80-86

  Ishikawa, Hirono ^a   Roter, Debra L ^b   Yamazaki, Yoshihiko ^c   Hashimoto, Hideki ^a   Yano, Eiji ^a  

^a TEIKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Japanese medical communication; Patient physician communication; Patient physician companion communication; RIAS

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDIO RECORDING; COOPERATION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC CARE; GERIATRIC HOSPITAL; HEALTH VISITOR; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; JAPAN; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; FRIENDS; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; OFFICE VISITS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS;

EID: 33644901299     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2005.02.010     Document Type: Article

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