"Patient-time", "doctor-time", and "institution-time": Perceptions and definitions of time among doctors who become patients

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 147-155

  Klitzman, Robert ^a  

^a Mailman School of Public Health ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Doctor patient communication; Doctor patient relationships; Health care delivery; Medical education; Medical ethics; Medical socialization; Patient satisfaction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERCEPTION; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SOCIALIZATION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; APPOINTMENTS AND SCHEDULES; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HEALTH FACILITY ENVIRONMENT; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK; PATIENTS; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS; PROGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; TIME PERCEPTION;

EID: 34147112416     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2006.10.005     Document Type: Article

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