A systematic review of surgeon-patient communication: Strengths and opportunities for improvement

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 3-17

  Levinson, Wendy ^a,b   Hudak, Pamela ^a,b   Tricco, Andrea C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Communication; Empathy; Physician patient relations; Physicians psychology; Surgeons

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION SKILL; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMOTION; EMPATHY; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GYNECOLOGIST; HUMAN; MALPRACTICE; NURSE MIDWIFE; NURSE PRACTITIONER; OBSTETRICIAN; ONCOLOGIST; ORTHOPEDIC SURGEON; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PLASTIC SURGEON; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ONCOLOGIST; RESIDENT; REVIEW; RHEUMATOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURGEON; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

COMMUNICATION; EMPATHY; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS/PSYCHOLOGY; SURGEONS;

CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COMMUNICATION; HUMANS; MALPRACTICE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS;

EID: 84883222321     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: 18735134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2013.03.023     Document Type: Review

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