The long-term impact of a communication course for doctors and nurses: The Parents' perspective

Communication and Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 3-10

  Ammentorp, Jette ^a   Kofoed, Oul Erik ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b KOLDING HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Communication training programme; Electronic questionnaires; Long term effect; Paediatric; Patient outcomes; Patient centred communication

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSUMER; DENMARK; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; IN SERVICE TRAINING; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; PARENT; PEDIATRICS; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; COMMUNICATION; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; DENMARK; HUMANS; INSERVICE TRAINING; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; PARENTS; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 78049408377     PISSN: 16121783     EISSN: 16133625     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1558/cam.v7il.3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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