It is well established that most medical interviews in primary care are characterised by a scarcity of patient-centred interventions and a predominance of doctor-centred behaviours. Less information is available on the intra- and inter-individual variability between the physicians' use of these categories. The study aimed to examine the impact of physician, physician's attribution of emotional distress, patients' GHQ-12 status and gender on the frequency of doctor and patient-centred verbal behaviours. A matched pair design involved six General Practitioners (GPs) and 238 patients. GPs'speech was classified using nine main categories derived from the Verona medical interview classification system (VR-MICS/D). Frequencies of the behaviours w...
Six male GPs from Manchester (UK) and six from Verona (Italy) each contributed five consultations, w...
Nowadays the importance of doctor-patient communication is undisputable. The objectives of this st...
Objective A common explanation for medically unexplained symptoms (MUS) relates patients' psychosoci...
It is well established that most medical interviews in primary care are characterised by a scarcity ...
A microscopic analysis of doctor-patient communication in the general practitioner's surgery is pres...
Background There is increasing focus on patient-centred communicative approaches in ...
This study explores the relation between the diagnosis made by the general practitioner (GP) and his...
The study explores the relation between the diagnosis made by the general practitioner (GP) and his ...
The factors that influence the interpretation and treatment of psychosocial complaints by general pr...
It has been suggested that patient-centred communication does not necessarily translate into a 'one-...
Informing the patient is arguably the physician's most important communicative responsibility. Recog...
In a semi-replication study, 103 videotaped real-life general practice consultations of patients wit...
SUMMARY. Aims – To assess in a national sample the ability of GPs to detect psychiatric disorders us...
Objective: To assess the relationship between observable patient and doctor verbal and non-verbal be...
Objective: To examine whether GPs’ communication styles have changed since the introduction and impl...
Six male GPs from Manchester (UK) and six from Verona (Italy) each contributed five consultations, w...
Nowadays the importance of doctor-patient communication is undisputable. The objectives of this st...
Objective A common explanation for medically unexplained symptoms (MUS) relates patients' psychosoci...
It is well established that most medical interviews in primary care are characterised by a scarcity ...
A microscopic analysis of doctor-patient communication in the general practitioner's surgery is pres...
Background There is increasing focus on patient-centred communicative approaches in ...
This study explores the relation between the diagnosis made by the general practitioner (GP) and his...
The study explores the relation between the diagnosis made by the general practitioner (GP) and his ...
The factors that influence the interpretation and treatment of psychosocial complaints by general pr...
It has been suggested that patient-centred communication does not necessarily translate into a 'one-...
Informing the patient is arguably the physician's most important communicative responsibility. Recog...
In a semi-replication study, 103 videotaped real-life general practice consultations of patients wit...
SUMMARY. Aims – To assess in a national sample the ability of GPs to detect psychiatric disorders us...
Objective: To assess the relationship between observable patient and doctor verbal and non-verbal be...
Objective: To examine whether GPs’ communication styles have changed since the introduction and impl...
Six male GPs from Manchester (UK) and six from Verona (Italy) each contributed five consultations, w...
Nowadays the importance of doctor-patient communication is undisputable. The objectives of this st...
Objective A common explanation for medically unexplained symptoms (MUS) relates patients' psychosoci...