Closing the gap: The patient-physician disconnect

Health Marketing Quarterly

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 56-68

  Miaoulis Jr , George ^a   Gutman, Jonathan ^b   Snow, Margaret M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^c NEW HAMPSHIRE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES   (United States)

Author keywords

Detachment; Disconnect; Emotional involvement; Focus groups; Patient satisfaction; Physicians

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; COMMUNICATION; EMPATHY; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PATIENTS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 60849131902     PISSN: 07359683     EISSN: 15450864     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07359680802473547     Document Type: Article

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