Comparison of the accuracy of patients' recall of the content of telephone and face-to-face consultations: An exploratory study

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Volumn 87, Issue 1028, 2011, Pages 394-399

  McKinstry, Brian ^a   Watson, Philip ^a   Elton, Robert A ^a   Pinnock, Hilary ^a   Kidd, Gillian ^a   Meyer, Barbara ^a   Logie, Robert ^b   Sheikh, Aziz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PATIENT RECALL; PATIENT REFERRAL; TELECONSULTATION; WORKING MEMORY;

ADULT; AGED; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATIENT SELECTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; REMOTE CONSULTATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCOTLAND; TELEPHONE;

EID: 79958192755     PISSN: 00325473     EISSN: 14690756     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/pgmj.2010.101287     Document Type: Article

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