Outpatient communication patterns in a cancer hospital in China: A qualitative study of doctor-patient encounters

• Main Authors: Jiong Tu (Author), Ge Kang (Author), Jiudi Zhong (Author), Yu Cheng (Author)
• פורמט: ספר
• יצא לאור: Wiley, 2019-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• נושאים: article
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Abstract Objective The paper characterizes outpatient communication in a major cancer hospital in southern China with regard to the structure, style and focus of doctor-patient communication. Method Fifty‐one encounters between doctors and patients were recorded in the outpatient department of the c...