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

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 cancer h...

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Published in:Health Expectations Vol. 22; no. 3; pp. 594 - 604
Main Authors: Kang, Ge, Tu, Jiong, Cheng, Yu, Zhong, Jiudi
Format: research tables/charts Journal Article
Published: Wiley-Blackwell Jun2019
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