Interpersonal factors affecting communication in clinical consultations: Canadian physicians' perspectives

International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 467-482

  Lovell, Brenda L ^a   Lee, Raymond T ^a   Brotheridge, Celeste M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Clinical risk management; Organizational performance; Patient safety; Quality assessment; Quality improvement; Risk management

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHILD; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LANGUAGE; MALE; MEDICINE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SAFETY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; TIME; TRUST;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CANADA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICATION; CULTURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LANGUAGE; MALE; MEDICINE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SAFETY; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; SEX FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TRUST; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84863609049     PISSN: 09526862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09526861211246430     Document Type: Article

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