Patient-doctor depth-of-relationship scale: Development and validation

Annals of Family Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 538-545

  Ridd, Matthew J ^a   Lewis, Glyn ^a   Peters, Tim J ^a   Salisbury, Chris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Continuity of patient care; Family practice; Outcome and process assessment (health care); Patient physician relationship; Questionnaires

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT STUDY; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PILOT PROJECTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 81255136495     PISSN: 15441709     EISSN: 15441717     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1370/afm.1322     Document Type: Article

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