Physician empathy and listening: Associations with patient satisfaction and autonomy

Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 665-672

  Pollak, Kathryn I ^a   Alexander, Stewart C ^a,b   Tulsky, James A ^a,b   Lyna, Pauline ^a   Coffman, Cynthia J ^a,b   Dolor, Rowena J ^b   Gulbrandsen, Pal̊ ^d   Østbye, Truls ^a,c  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DURHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c DUKE NUS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Singapore)

^d AKERSHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Counseling; Empathy; Patient satisfaction; Reflective listening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDIO RECORDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPATHY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT AUTONOMY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERCEPTION; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE;

AGED; COUNSELING; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MOTIVATION; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

EID: 81855224664     PISSN: 15572625     EISSN: 15587118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2011.06.110025     Document Type: Article

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