A focus group study of veterinarians' and pet owners' perceptions of veterinarian-client communication in companion animal practice

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 233, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1072-1080

  Coe, Jason B ^a   Adams, Cindy L ^a,b   Bonnett, Brenda N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STANDARD; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OWNERSHIP; PERCEPTION; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; VETERINARIANS; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 54049158603     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.233.7.1072     Document Type: Article

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