Patient-centered communication: Basic skills

American Family Physician

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 29-34

  Jawad Hashim, M ^a  

^a UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION SKILL; DIAGNOSIS; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMPATHY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PATIENT CARE; SHARED DECISION MAKING; TRAINING; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNICATION; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE;

EID: 85008953491     PISSN: 0002838X     EISSN: 15320650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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