Turning signals into meaning -'Shared decision making' meets communication theory

Health Expectations

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 3-11

  Kasper, Jürgen ^a,b   Légaré, France ^c   Scheibler, Fülöp ^d   Geiger, Friedemann ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^d INSTITUTE FOR QUALITY AND EFFICIENCY IN HEALTH CARE IQWIG   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Communication; Decision making; Dyadic data analysis; Interpersonal relations; Physician patient relation; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPREHENSION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; THEORETICAL MODEL;

COMMUNICATION; COMPREHENSION; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS;

EID: 84857401735     PISSN: 13696513     EISSN: 13697625     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1369-7625.2011.00657.x     Document Type: Article

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