"Explicitly implicit": Examining the importance of physician nonverbal involvement during error disclosures

Swiss Medical Weekly

Volumn 142, Issue MAY, 2012, Pages

  Hannawa, Annegret F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LUGANO   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Doctor patient communication; Medical error disclosure; Nonverbal communication

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; EMPATHY; ERROR; ETHICS; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICAL SOCIETY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICIAN; RELIGION; SATISFACTION; SELF DISCLOSURE; SEX; TRAINING; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VIGNETTE; ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FORGIVENESS; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MIDDLE AGED; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZATION; TRUST;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; EMPATHY; FEMALE; FORGIVENESS; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL ERRORS; MIDDLE AGED; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RANDOM ALLOCATION; TRUST; TRUTH DISCLOSURE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84863430447     PISSN: 14247860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4414/smw.2012.13576     Document Type: Article

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