Going it together: Persistence of older adults' accompaniment to physician visits by a family companion

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 106-112

  Wolff, Jennifer L ^a,b,c   Boyd, Cynthia M ^b,c   Gitlin, Laura N ^d   Bruce, Martha L ^b   Roter, Debra L ^e  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Bloomberg School of Pubic Health ^*  (United States)

^d School of Medicine   (United States)

^e WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

accompany; companion; family member; physician patient relationship, doctor patient interaction

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ELDERLY CARE; FAMILY INTERACTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; INSTRUMENTAL DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; MALE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISABLED PERSONS; FAMILY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRIENDS; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; MALE; OFFICE VISITS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84855850728     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2011.03770.x     Document Type: Article

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