Ways of providing the patient with a prognosis: A terminology of employed strategies based on qualitative data

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 80-86

  Graugaard, Peter Kjær ^a,b   Rogg, Lotte ^c   Eide, Hilde ^d   Uhlig, Till ^e   Loge, Jon Håvard ^b,f  

^a LOVISENBERG DIAKONALE HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^d OSLO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Norway)

^e DIAKONHJEMMET HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^f OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Communication; Information; Physician patient communication; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNICATION SKILL; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; NORWAY; OPTIMISM; PATIENT INFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMMUNICATION; HUMANS; NORWAY; PATIENTS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS; PROGNOSIS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; TAPE RECORDING; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 79952037939     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2010.04.040     Document Type: Article

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