Factors affecting communication in emergency departments: doctors and nurses’ perceptions of communication in a trilingual ED in Hong Kong

International Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 1-12

  Pun, Jack K H ^a,b   Matthiessen, Christian M I M ^a   Murray, Kristen A ^a   Slade, Diana ^a,c  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Clinician clinician communication; Clinician patient communication; Emergency medicine; Interviews; Quality of care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL HANDOVER; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONSULTATION; EMERGENCY WARD; EMPATHY; EXPECTATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL STAFF; NURSE; NURSE ATTITUDE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEREOTYPY; TIME;

EID: 84950316544     PISSN: 18651372     EISSN: 18651380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12245-015-0095-y     Document Type: Article

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