How the doc should (not) talk: When breaking bad news with negations influences patients' immediate responses and medical adherence intentions

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 267-273

  Burgers, Christian ^a   Beukeboom, Camiel J ^a   Sparks, Lisa ^b,c  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Breaking bad news; Doctor patient interactions; Framing; Medical adherence; Negations

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LANGUAGE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENTION; LINGUISTICS; MALE; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TRUTH DISCLOSURE; UNITED STATES; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84868215013     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: 18735134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2012.08.008     Document Type: Article

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