The impact of patient-centered communication on patients' decision making and evaluations of physicians: A randomized study using video vignettes

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 386-392

  Saha, Somnath ^a,b   Beach, Mary Catherine ^c  

^a PORTLAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication; Decision making; Patient centered care; Physician patient relations

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; BYPASS SURGERY; CARDIOLOGIST; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL PATHWAY; CONFIDENTIALITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT CENTERED COMMUNICATION; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; VIDEORECORDING; VIGNETTE;

CARDIOLOGY; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMMUNICATION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; UNITED STATES; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 80051785899     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: 18735134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2011.04.023     Document Type: Article

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