How clinician-patient communication contributes to health improvement: Modeling pathways from talk to outcome

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 286-291

  Street, Richard L ^a,b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication measurement; Communication pathways; Health outcomes; Physician patient communication

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER PAIN; CANCER PATIENT; COMMUNICATION SKILL; COMPREHENSION; CONCEPT FORMATION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVENING VARIABLE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

COMMUNICATION MEASUREMENT; COMMUNICATION PATHWAYS; HEALTH OUTCOMES; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT COMMUNICATION;

COMMUNICATION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84882285443     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: 18735134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2013.05.004     Document Type: Article

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