Shrinking social space in the doctor-modern patient relationship: A review of forces for, and implications of, homologisation

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 97-103

  Buetow, Stephen ^a   Jutel, Annemarie ^b   Hoare, Karen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b OTAGO POLYTECHNIC   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Doctor patient relationship; Modernisation; Role convergence; Social distance

Indexed keywords

DATA BASE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNET; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; PUBLICATION; SHORT SURVEY; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL DISTANCE; SOCIAL STRUCTURE;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUTHORITARIANISM; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; NARRATION; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT RIGHTS; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PROFESSIONAL AUTONOMY; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; SELF CARE; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIAL DISTANCE; SOCIAL VALUES;

EID: 56949103666     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2008.07.053     Document Type: Short Survey

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