How patients and family physicians communicate about persistent medically unexplained symptoms. A qualitative study of video-recorded consultations

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 354-360

  olde Hartman, Tim C ^a   van Rijswijk, Eric ^a   van Dulmen, Sandra ^b   van Weel Baumgarten, Evelyn ^a   Lucassen, Peter L B J ^a   van Weel, Chris ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Doctor patient communication; Family practice; Medically unexplained symptoms; Primary health care; Video consultations

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMMUNICATION SKILL; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; VERBAL COMMUNICATION; VIDEORECORDING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMMUNICATION; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 84873469679     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: 18735134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2011.02.014     Document Type: Article

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