Perception of empathy in the therapeutic encounter: Effects on the common cold

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 390-397

  Rakel, David ^a   Barrett, Bruce ^a   Zhang, Zhengjun ^b   Hoeft, Theresa ^c   Chewning, Betty ^a   Marchand, Lucille ^a   Scheder, Jo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

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

^c SOUTHCENTRAL FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

CARE; Common cold; Empathy; Patient practitioner interaction; Therapeutic encounter

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 8;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMMON COLD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMPATHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMMON COLD; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-8; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NASAL LAVAGE FLUID; NEUTROPHILS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERCEPTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WISCONSIN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79960457303     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: 18735134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2011.01.009     Document Type: Article

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