Rational versus unreasonable persuasion in doctor-patient communication: A normative account

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 296-301

  Rubinelli, Sara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LUCERNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Argumentation; Argumentation theory; Doctor patient communication; Fallacies; Manipulation; Persuasion

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CRITICAL THINKING; DECEPTION; DECISION MAKING; DOCTOR PATIENT COMMUNICATION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMAN; INTENTIONAL UNREASONABLE PERSUASION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MANIPULATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; PATIENT AUTONOMY; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATIONAL PERSUASION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; UNINTENTIONAL UNREASONABLE PERSUASION;

ARGUMENTATION; ARGUMENTATION THEORY; DOCTOR-PATIENT COMMUNICATION; FALLACIES; MANIPULATION; PERSUASION;

DECISION MAKING; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HEALTH COMMUNICATION; HUMANS; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS;

EID: 84882240142     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: 18735134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2013.06.005     Document Type: Article

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