2012 David Sun Lecture: Helping your patient by helping yourself-how to improve the patient-physician relationship by optimizing communication skills

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 108, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 521-528

  Drossman, Douglas A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMMUNICATION SKILL; COMPREHENSION; CONSULTATION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMPATHY; EXPERIENCE; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; MALPRACTICE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MOTIVATION; MOTIVATIONAL INTERVIEWING; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REASSURANCE; RESPONSIBILITY; REVIEW; THINKING; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

HEALTH COMMUNICATION; HUMANS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT;

EID: 84875931386     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: 15720241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ajg.2013.56     Document Type: Review

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