Approaches to the difficult patient/parent encounter

Pediatrics

Volumn 127, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 163-169

  Breuner, Cora Collette ^a   Moreno, Megan A ^b  

^a SEATTLE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Patient doctor communication; Patient doctor encounter; Patient provider relationship

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMOTION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PEDIATRICIAN; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM PATIENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF CARE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PARENTS; PATIENTS; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS;

EID: 78650793765     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2010-0072     Document Type: Article

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