Much variety and little evidence: A description of guidelines for doctor-patient communication

Medical Education

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 138-145

  Veldhuijzen, W ^a,b   Ram, P M ^a   Van Der Weijden, T ^a   Wassink, M R ^a   Van Der Vleuten, C P M ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b NONE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

*communication; Clinical competence *standards; Evidence based medicine; Physician patient relations; Practice guidelines

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNICATION SKILL; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUALITY CONTROL; SCORING SYSTEM; VOCATIONAL EDUCATION;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNICATION; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FAMILY PRACTICE; HUMANS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES;

EID: 33846803755     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: 13652923     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2929.2006.02667.x     Document Type: Article

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