Active listening in medical consultations: Development of the Active Listening Observation Scale (ALOS-global)

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 258-264

  Fassaert, Thijs ^a   van Dulmen, Sandra ^a   Schellevis, François ^a,b   Bensing, Jozien ^a,c  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Active listening; Communication; General practice; Instrument development; Minor ailments; Observation

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE LISTENING OBSERVATION SCALE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; GENERAL PRACTICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; RATING SCALE; SEX DIFFERENCE; VALIDITY; VIDEOTAPE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; OBSERVATION; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 35148866682     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2007.06.011     Document Type: Article

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