'I've heard wonderful things about you': How patients compliment surgeons

Sociology of Health and Illness

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 777-797

  Hudak, Pamela L ^a   Gill, Virginia Teas ^b   Aguinaldo, Jeffrey P ^c   Clark, Shannon ^d   Frankel, Richard ^e  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Compliments; Conversation analysis; Medical interaction; Orthopaedic surgery

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LANGUAGE; MIDDLE AGED; RECORDING;

AGE FACTORS; COMMUNICATION; DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LANGUAGE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; TAPE RECORDING;

EID: 77955161835     PISSN: 01419889     EISSN: 14679566     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9566.2010.01248.x     Document Type: Article

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