An evidence-based perspective on greetings in medical encounters

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 167, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1172-1176

  Makoul, Gregory ^a   Zick, Amanda ^a   Green, Marianne ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMMUNICATION SKILL; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT SAFETY; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; UNITED STATES; VIDEORECORDING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NAMES; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 34250326720     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.167.11.1172     Document Type: Article

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