Taking patients' narratives about clinicians from anecdote to science

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 373, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 675-679

  Schlesinger, Mark ^a   Grob, Rachel ^b   Shaller, Dale ^c   Martino, Steven C ^d   Parker, Andrew M ^d   Finucane, Melissa L ^d   Cerully, Jennifer L ^d   Rybowski, Lise ^e  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c Shaller Consulting   (United States)

^d RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^e Severyn Group   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSUMER ATTITUDE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTERNET; NARRATIVE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; LITERATURE; STANDARDS; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

ANECDOTES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; INTERNET; NARRATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84941649582     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMsb1502361     Document Type: Article

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