'How do you know what Aunt Martha looks like?' A video elicitation study exploring tacit clues in doctor-patient interactions

Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 933-939

  Henry, Stephen G ^a   Forman, Jane H ^b   Fetters, Michael D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b VA ANN ARBOR HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

clinical interactions; clinical judgement; preventive services; qualitative research; tacit clues; video elicitation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ENVIRONMENT; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; GAZE; GESTURE; HEALTH ASSESSMENT QUESTIONNAIRE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TOUCH; VIDEORECORDING;

ADULT; AGED; COMMUNICATION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 80053193407     PISSN: 13561294     EISSN: 13652753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2753.2010.01628.x     Document Type: Article

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