Understanding health care communication preferences of veteran primary care users

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 420-426

  LaVela, Sherri L ^a,b   Schectman, Gordon ^c,d   Gering, Jeffrey ^e,f   Locatelli, Sara M ^a   Gawron, Andrew ^a,b   Weaver, Frances M ^a,g  

^a HINES VA HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Veterans Affairs Central Office   (United States)

^d MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^e VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f Ohio University Chillicothe   (United States)

^g LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication preferences; Patient participation; Patient provider communication; Primary care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HUMAN; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; INTERNET; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; TELEPHONE; VETERAN;

AGED; COHORT STUDIES; COMMUNICATION; COMPREHENSION; ELECTRONIC MAIL; FEMALE; HEALTH COMMUNICATION; HUMANS; INTERNET; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; TELEPHONE; UNITED STATES; VETERANS;

EID: 84864566514     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: 18735134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2012.06.004     Document Type: Article

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