Impact of hospitalist communication-skills training on patient-satisfaction scores

Journal of Hospital Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 315-320

  O'Leary, Kevin J ^a   Darling, Tiffani A ^b   Rauworth, Jennifer ^c   Williams, Mark V ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c LOYOLA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNICATION SKILL; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL STAFF; PARAMEDICAL EDUCATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; TRAINING; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMMUNICATION; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HOSPITALISTS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS;

EID: 84878952981     PISSN: 15535592     EISSN: 15535606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jhm.2041     Document Type: Article

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