Are physicians’ attitudes of respect accurately perceived by patients and associated with more positive communication behaviors?
Patient Education and CounselingPublished 22 July 2006Open access
Mary Catherine Beach, Debra Roter, Nae‐Yuh Wang, Patrick Duggan, Lisa A. Cooper
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Physicians' ratings of respect vary across patients and are primarily associated with familiarity rather than sociodemographic characteristics, which may be important to target in improving communication with patients.
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Physician respectful attitudes may be important to target in improving communication with patients.
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