What do measures of patient satisfaction with the doctor tell us?

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 98, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 1465-1473

  Boquiren, Virginia M ^a,b   Hack, Thomas F ^b,c   Beaver, Kinta ^c   Williamson, Susan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Measurement; Patient satisfaction; Patient physician communication; Review

Indexed keywords

DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; QUALITY CONTROL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

EID: 84947236053     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: 18735134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2015.05.020     Document Type: Review

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