How patients want their doctor to communicate. A literature review on primary care patients' perspective

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 297-306

  Deledda, Giuseppe ^a   Moretti, Francesca ^a   Rimondini, Michela ^a   Zimmermann, Christa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Patient expectations; Physician communication; Review; Six functions model

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HUMAN; INTEGRATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PATIENT SELECTION; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONALISM;

COMMUNICATION; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS, PRIMARY CARE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84873462019     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: 18735134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2012.05.005     Document Type: Article

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