An agenda for improving compassionate care: A survey shows about half of patients say such care is missing

Health Affairs

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1772-1778

  Lown, Beth A ^a,b   Rosen, Julie ^a   Marttila, John ^c  

^a Schwartz Center for Compassionate Healthcare   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c Marttila Strategies   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; DIABETES CONTROL; DIABETES MELLITUS; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH EDUCATOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; QUALITY OF LIFE; REWARD; SCIENTIST; UNITED STATES;

EMPATHY; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT SATISFACTION; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; POLICY MAKING; RESEARCH; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84855578090     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 15445208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2011.0539     Document Type: Article

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