Training in empathic skills improves the patient-physician relationship during the first consultation in a fertility clinic

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 99, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  García, Désirée ^a   Bautista, Olga ^b   Venereo, Laura ^b   Coll, Oriol ^b   Vassena, Rita ^b   Vernaeve, Valérie ^a,b  

^a Fundación Privada EUGIN   (Spain)

^b Clinica EUGIN   (Spain)

Author keywords

communication; Empathic training; IVF; patient satisfaction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMMUNICATION SKILL; CONSULTATION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF CONCEPT; SKILL; SOCIAL ASPECT;

EID: 84875703391     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: 15565653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2012.12.012     Document Type: Article

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