When physician-expressed uncertainty leads to patient dissatisfaction: A gender study

Medical Education

Volumn 47, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 923-931

  Cousin, Gaetan ^a   Schmid Mast, Marianne ^b   Jaunin Stalder, Nicole ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

^c POLICLINIQUE MÉDICALE UNIVERSITAIRE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; STANDARD; SWITZERLAND; UNCERTAINTY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONERS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; SWITZERLAND; UNCERTAINTY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84881486036     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: 13652923     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/medu.12237     Document Type: Article

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