The Four Habits Coding Scheme: Validation of an instrument to assess clinicians' communication behavior

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 38-45

  Krupat, Edward ^a   Frankel, Richard ^b   Stein, Terry ^c   Irish, Julie ^d  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c KAISER PERMANENTE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Interaction analysis; Patient centered care; Physician patient communication

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSAULT; COMMUNICATION SKILL; FOUR HABITS CODING SCHEME; HEALTH VISITOR; HUMAN; INSTRUMENT; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; VALIDITY;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMMUNICATION; DATA COLLECTION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EMPATHY; EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL; FEMALE; HABITS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; MODELS, EDUCATIONAL; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PSYCHOMETRICS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 33744914821     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2005.04.015     Document Type: Article

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