Consultation in general practice: A standard operating procedure?

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 227-233

  Deveugele, Myriam ^a   Derese, Anselm ^a   De Bacquer, Dirk ^a   Van Den Brink Muinen, Atie ^b   Bensing, Jozien ^b   De Maeseneer, Jan ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Communication; Consultation length; General practice

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BEHAVIOR; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUNSELING; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL DISORDER; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STANDARD; VIDEOTAPE;

BELGIUM; COMMUNICATION; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; COUNSELING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; GERMANY; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPAIN; SWITZERLAND; TIME AND MOTION STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 3843110013     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0738-3991(03)00239-8     Document Type: Article

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