Communication style in primary health care in Europe

Health Education

Volumn 108, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 384-396

  Van Den Brink Muinen, Atie ^a   Maaroos, Heidi Ingrid ^b   Tähepld, Heli ^b  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Communication; Doctors; General practice; Health services; Patients

Indexed keywords

EID: 51749111400     PISSN: 09654283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09654280810900008     Document Type: Article

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