The physician-patient working alliance and patient psychological attachment, adherence, outcome expectations, and satisfaction in a sample of rheumatology patients

Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 60-68

  Fuertes, Jairo N ^a   Anand, Prachi ^b   Haggerty, Greg ^b   Kestenbaum, Michael ^a   Rosenblum, Gary C ^b  

^a ADELPHI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NASSAU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

adherence; attachment; physician patient working alliance; satisfaction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; EXPECTATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; RHEUMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; OBJECT RELATION; PSYCHOLOGY; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; SELF CONCEPT;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; RHEUMATIC DISEASES; SELF EFFICACY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84921327898     PISSN: 08964289     EISSN: 19404026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08964289.2013.875885     Document Type: Article

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