Communicating medical information: A little lesson from italian patients

Giornale Italiano di Medicina del Lavoro ed Ergonomia

Volumn 31, Issue 3 SUPPL. B, 2009, Pages

  Rossi Ferrario, S ^a,e   Zotti, A M ^d   Pasetti, C ^b   Comazzi, F ^c   Giorgi, J ^a   Negri, M ^a   Omarini, G ^a   Omarini, P ^a  

^a Psychology Unit   (Italy)

^b Central Ethics Committee   (Italy)

^c Bioengineering Unit   (Italy)

^d IRCCS   (Italy)

^e Scientific Institute of Veruno   (Italy)

Author keywords

Communication; Medical information; Questionnaire

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE; VALIDATION STUDY;

COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 77149123324     PISSN: 15927830     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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