Patients' commitment to their primary physician and why it matters

Annals of Family Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 6-13

  Berry, Leonard L ^a   Parish, Janet Turner ^b   Janakiraman, Ramkumar ^a   Ogburn Russell, Lee ^c   Couchman, Glen R ^c   Rayburn, William L ^c   Grisel, Jedidiah ^d  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Healthy eating behavior; Patient adherence; Patient compliance; Physician behavior; Physician patient relations; Primary care; Relationship commitment; Trust

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHYSICIAN; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; DIET; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; GROUP PRACTICE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; QUESTIONNAIRES; TRUST;

EID: 38349123330     PISSN: 15441709     EISSN: 15441717     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1370/afm.757     Document Type: Article

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