Are interventions to enhance communication performance in allied health professionals effective, and how should they be delivered? Direct and indirect evidence

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 186-195

  Parry, Ruth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Allied health professionals; Clinical communication skills; Communication research; Communication training; Occupational therapy; Physiotherapy; Speech and language therapy

Indexed keywords

DATA ANALYSIS; DATA EXTRACTION; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PARAMEDICAL PROFESSION; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOTHERAPIST; SHORT SURVEY;

ALLIED HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMMUNICATION; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PHYSICAL THERAPY (SPECIALTY); PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; SPEECH THERAPY; TEACHING;

EID: 53049095194     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2008.05.029     Document Type: Short Survey

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