The psychophysiology of medical communication. Linking two worlds of research

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 420-427

  Hulsman, Robert L ^a   Smets, Ellen M A ^a   Karemaker, John M ^a   de Haes, Hanneke J C J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Medical communication; Psychophysiology; Theory

Indexed keywords

AROUSAL; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONSULTATION; DISCRIMINATIVE STIMULUS; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMOTIONALITY; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MEDICAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL STRESS; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PATIENT INFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; RESPONSE TIME; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

AROUSAL; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; COGNITION; COMMUNICATION; DECISION MAKING; EMOTIONS; HUMANS; PERCEPTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 80051739203     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: 18735134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2011.05.008     Document Type: Article

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