Effective doctor-patient communication: An updated examination

Social Work in Public Health

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 252-266

  Matusitz, Jonathan ^a   Spear, Jennifer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Conversation; doctor patient communication; health; interaction; narrative medicine; relationship; talk

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; COMMUNICATION; COMPLIANCE; HEALTH CARE;

DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS;

COMMUNICATION; HUMANS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84900344258     PISSN: 19371918     EISSN: 1937190X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19371918.2013.776416     Document Type: Article

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