What do people appreciate in physicians' communication? An international study with focus groups using videotaped medical consultations

Health Expectations

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1215-1226

  Mazzi, Maria A ^a   Rimondini, Michela ^a   Deveugele, Myriam ^b   Zimmermann, Christa ^a   Moretti, Francesca ^a   van Vliet, Liesbeth ^c   Deledda, Giuseppe ^a   Fletcher, Ian ^d   Bensing, Jozien ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Focus groups; Patient perspective; Physician communication; Qualitative and quantitative analyses; Videotaped consultations

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMOTION; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PSYCHOLOGY; VIDEORECORDING; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNICATION; EMOTIONS; EUROPE; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84942294718     PISSN: 13696513     EISSN: 13697625     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/hex.12097     Document Type: Article

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