Characteristics of communication guidelines that facilitate or impede guideline use: a focus group study

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>The quality of doctor-patient communication has a major impact on the quality of medical care. Communication guidelines define best practices for doctor patient communication and are therefore an important tool for improving communic...

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Main Authors: Niemantsverdriet Susan, van der Weijden Trudy, Ram Paul M, Veldhuijzen Wemke, van der Vleuten Cees PM
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2007-05-01
Series:BMC Family Practice
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2296/8/31