The relationship between physician humility, physician–patient communication, and patient health

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 99, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 1138-1145

  Ruberton, Peter M ^a   Huynh, Ho P ^b   Miller, Tricia A ^a   Kruse, Elliott ^c   Chancellor, Joseph ^d   Lyubomirsky, Sonja ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Armstrong State University   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Humility; Perceived health; Physician patient communication

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; ASIAN; ASIAN AMERICAN; CAUCASIAN; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH STATUS; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LEBANESE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SAMOAN (PEOPLE); SELF REPORT; VERY ELDERLY; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE;

COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERCEPTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84955557730     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: 18735134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2016.01.012     Document Type: Article

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