Patient-initiated questions: How can doctors encourage them and improve the consultation process? A qualitative study

BMJ Open

Volumn 3, Issue 10, 2013, Pages

  Murtagh, G M ^a   Furber, L ^b   Thomas, A L ^c  

^a St Mary'sHospital   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c LEICESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVERSATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL INFORMATION; ONCOLOGIST; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

EID: 84886679939     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2013-003112     Document Type: Article

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