Communication Patterns of Primary Care Physicians
JAMAPublished 22 January 1997
Debra L. Roter
Citations926
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SNIP10.71
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Primary care communication patterns range from narrowly biomedical to consumerist patterns and parallel the ideal forms of patient-physician relationships described in the literature.
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Primary care communication patterns range from narrowly biomedical to consumerist patterns and parallel the ideal forms of patient-physician relationships described in the literature.
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