A theoretical framework to describe communication processes during medical disability assessment interviews

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Research in different fields of medicine suggests that communication is important in physician-patient encounters and influences satisfaction with these encounters. It is argued that this also applies to the non-curative tasks that p...

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Main Authors: Schellart Antonius JM, van Rijssen H Jolanda, Anema Johannes R, van der Beek Allard J
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2009-10-01
Series:BMC Public Health
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2458/9/375