Physician Empathy as a Driver of Hand Surgery Patient Satisfaction

Journal of Hand Surgery

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 1860-1865.e2

  Menendez, Mariano E ^a   Chen, Neal C ^a   Mudgal, Chaitanya S ^a   Jupiter, Jesse B ^a   Ring, David ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

communication; Empathy; health literacy; patient satisfaction; reimbursement

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMMUNICATION SKILL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HAND SURGERY; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REIMBURSEMENT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; DISABILITY; HAND; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PHYSICIAN; PSYCHOLOGY; SURGERY; TIME FACTOR;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; DISABILITY EVALUATION; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84940436194     PISSN: 03635023     EISSN: 15316564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhsa.2015.06.105     Document Type: Article

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