Making it easier to do the right thing: A modern communication QI agenda

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 364-366

  Wynia, Matthew K ^a  

^a AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION SKILL; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH LITERACY; NOTE; ORGANIZATION; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

COMMUNICATION; HUMANS; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; PATIENT SAFETY; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT;

EID: 84864554315     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: 18735134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2012.06.027     Document Type: Note

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