The importance of physician listening from the patients' perspective: Enhancing diagnosis, healing, and the doctor-patient relationship

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 369-374

  Jagosh, Justin ^a   Donald Boudreau, Joseph ^b   Steinert, Yvonne ^a   MacDonald, Mary Ellen ^c   Ingram, Lois ^d  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d Ingram and Co   (United States)

Author keywords

Doctor patient communication; Listening; Patient perspective

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; COMMUNICATION SKILL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMPATHY; FEMALE; GOOD CLINICAL PRACTICE; HEALING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRUST; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATTENTION; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CANADA; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERCEPTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 81555216816     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: 18735134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2011.01.028     Document Type: Article

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