How do interventions designed to improve provider-patient communication work? Illustrative applications of a framework for communication

Acta Oncologica

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 136-143

  Brundage, Michael D ^a,b   Feldman Stewart, Deb ^a,b   Tishelman, Carol ^c,d  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^d Stockholms Sjukhem Foundation   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NEOPLASM; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THEORY;

COMMUNICATION; HUMANS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 76649101085     PISSN: 0284186X     EISSN: 1651226X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02841860903483684     Document Type: Review

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