Synthesis of qualitative linguistic research-A pilot review integrating and generalizing findings on doctor-patient interaction

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 429-441

  Nowak, Peter ^a  

^a LUDWIG BOLTZMANN INSTITUTE FOR LUNG VASCULAR RESEARCH   (Austria)

Author keywords

Doctor patient communication; Qualitative methods; Sequential analysis; Synthesis of qualitative research

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HUMAN; LINGUISTICS; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEQUENTIAL ANALYSIS; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

COMMUNICATION; GERMANY; HUMANS; LINGUISTICS; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS; PILOT PROJECTS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 79951948674     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2011.01.022     Document Type: Article

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