Doctor and patient perceptions of the level of doctor explanation and quality of patient-doctor communication

Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 143-150

  Hagihara, Akihito ^a   Tarumi, Kimio ^b  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Doctor explanation; Medical encounter; Perceptions

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERCEPTION; PHYSICIAN; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMMUNICATION; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEAR; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; JAPAN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEGATIVISM; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33745417303     PISSN: 02839318     EISSN: 14716712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-6712.2006.00420.x     Document Type: Article

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