What Physicians Want From Their Patients: Identifying What Makes Good Patient Communication

Families, Systems and Health

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 58-66

  Talen, Mary R ^a   Grampp, Kate ^b   Tucker, Angela ^c   Schultz, Janet ^d  

^a MacNeal Family Medicine Residency Program   (United States)

^b Bethesda Family Health Center   (United States)

^c Bethesda Family Medicine Residency Program   (United States)

^d XAVIER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

doctor patient communication; doctors' attitudes toward patients; patient communication; patient medical knowledge; patient centered healthcare

Indexed keywords

EID: 47049123994     PISSN: 10917527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1091-7527.26.1.58     Document Type: Article

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