Physician-patient communication: A study on the observed behaviours of specialty physicians and the ways their patients perceive them

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 64, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 242-248

  Ruiz Moral, Roger ^a   Pérez Rodríguez, Esperanza ^b   Pérula de Torres, Luis Ángel ^b   de la Torre, Javier ^c  

^a Universidad de Cordoba   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO REINA SOFÍA   (Spain)

^c Andalusian Health Service   (Spain)

Author keywords

Patient's perception; Patient's satisfaction; Patient centred care; Physician patient communication; Specialty care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMMUNICATION SKILL; CONSULTATION; DECISION MAKING; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMOTION; EXPECTATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; OUTPATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SATISFACTION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; VIDEORECORDING;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AUTHORITARIANISM; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITALS, RURAL; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENTS; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPAIN; SPECIALTIES, MEDICAL;

EID: 33748774521     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2006.02.010     Document Type: Article

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