A preliminary mixed-method investigation of trust and hidden signals in medical consultations

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Riva, Silvia ^a,b   Monti, Marco ^c,d,e   Iannello, Paola ^f   Pravettoni, Gabriella ^a,g   Schulz, Peter J ^b   Antonietti, Alessandro ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LUGANO   (Switzerland)

^c IBM   (Italy)

^d VITA SALUTE SAN RAFFAELE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^e MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITÀ CATTOLICA DEL SACRO CUORE   (Italy)

^g EUROPEAN INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY CONTROL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECTS AND RELATED PHENOMENA; SOCIAL HONEST SIGNAL; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL STATUS; TRUST; YOUNG ADULT; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT REFERRAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMMUNICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RISK FACTORS; TRUST; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84897549567     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0090941     Document Type: Article

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