Time and the consultation - An argument for a 'certain slowness'

Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 881-885

  Sturmberg, Joachim P ^a,c   Cilliers, Paul ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Complexity; Consultation length; Philosophy of medicine; Quality of care; Systems thinking

Indexed keywords

CONSULTATION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SERVICE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TIME;

HUMANS; PHILOSOPHY, MEDICAL; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 70349496107     PISSN: 13561294     EISSN: 13652753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2753.2009.01270.x     Document Type: Review

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