Health professional-patient communication practices in East Asia: An integrative review of an emerging field of research and practice in Hong Kong, South Korea, Japan, Taiwan, and Mainland China

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 101, Issue 7, 2018, Pages 1193-1206

  Pun, Jack K H ^a,b,c   Chan, E Angela ^c,d   Wang, Sophie ^e   Slade, Diana ^c  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Communication; Doctor patient; East Asia; Empathy; Health care communication; Hong Kong; Japan; Mainland China; Nurse patient; Patient involvement; Patient centred care; Review; South Korea; Taiwan; Trust

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE TO DEATH; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHINA; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICIAN PATIENT COMMUNICATION; CONSULTATION; CULTURAL FACTOR; DECISION MAKING; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMPATHY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HONG KONG; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; JAPAN; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NURSE PATIENT COMMUNICATION; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; SOUTH KOREA; TAIWAN; TRUST; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; FAMILY;

CHINA; COMMUNICATION; DECISION MAKING; EMPATHY; FAMILY; HEALTH COMMUNICATION; HONG KONG; HUMANS; JAPAN; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; TAIWAN; TRUST;

EID: 85041574257     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: 18735134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2018.01.018     Document Type: Review

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