Does emergency physician empathy reduce thoughts of litigation? A randomised trial

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 548-552

  Smith, Dustin D ^a   Kellar, Jesse ^a,b   Walters, Elizabeth L ^a   Reibling, Ellen T ^a   Phan, Tammy ^a   Green, Steven M ^a  

^a LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Lakeland Health ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Interpersonal; Law; Medico legal; Risk management

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; EMERGENCY WARD; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LAW SUIT; LIKERT SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; THINKING; UNEMPLOYMENT; WAITING ROOM; YOUNG ADULT; ADOLESCENT; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; HOSPITAL EMERGENCY SERVICE; JURISPRUDENCE; PATIENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VIDEORECORDING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; JURISPRUDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PATIENTS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 84962868701     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: 14720213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emermed-2015-205312     Document Type: Article

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