Patient age influences perceptions about health care communication

Family Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 126-133

  Devoe, Jennifer E ^a   Wallace, Lorraine S ^b   Fryer Jr , George E ^c  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; COMMUNICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 59949085248     PISSN: 07423225     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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