The development of a scale to discover outpatients' perceptions of the relative desirability of different elements of doctors' communication behaviours

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 64, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 69-77

  Leckie, Jackie ^a   Bull, Ray ^b   Vrij, Aldert ^c  

^a SOUTHAMPTON SOLENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Doctor patient communication; Patients' preferences; Patients' understanding of questionnaire terminology

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CONSULTATION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NOMENCLATURE; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SAMPLE SIZE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULATORY CARE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNICATION; EMPATHY; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 33751081035     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2005.11.015     Document Type: Article

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