Why should I talk about emotion? Communication patterns associated with physician discussion of patient expressions of negative emotion in hospital admission encounters

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 44-50

  Adams, Kristen ^a,b   Cimino, Jenica E W ^a   Arnold, Robert M ^c   Anderson, Wendy G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Emotion; Empathy; Hospital; Physician patient communication

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDIO RECORDING; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMOTION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOCIAL CARE; SPIRITUAL CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMMUNICATION; EMOTIONS; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ADMISSION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; TAPE RECORDING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84866626659     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: 18735134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2012.04.005     Document Type: Article

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