The Causal Relationship between Interns' Knowledge and Self-Efficacy and Their Value in Predicting the Interns' Communication Behavior with Patients

• Main Authors: Saeideh Ghaffarifar (Author), Fazlollah Ghofranipour (Author), Fazlollah Ahmadi (Author), Manouchehr Khoshbaten (Author), Chris Sallis (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background: After many years of teaching, both the efficiency and efficacy of communication skills programs are under question because patients' dissatisfaction with doctors' communication behavior is at the top of the complaint lists. It is assumed that finding the specific role...