Eye contact in patient-centered communication

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 442-447

  Gorawara Bhat, Rita ^a   Cook, Mary Ann ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b JVC Radiology and Medical Analysis LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

Eye contact; Nonverbal behavior; Patient centered communication; Patient physician communication

Indexed keywords

AGING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EYE CONTACT; HUMAN; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMMUNICATION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; HUMANS; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 79951953978     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2010.12.002     Document Type: Article

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