title: [Physician-patient communication and health education].
abstract: The aim of the present study was to analyze the content in health education of the patient-physician interview. The study was observational and descriptive. The target population were the patients attending the general practices of the Social Security clinics. With permission of patients and physicians, 53 visits of two general practitioners were recorded on tape. 48 interviews were analyzed with definition of activities (asking, answering, discussing, etc.) and contents (health problems, treatment, health education, etc.). Health education was 10% of the contents, and it was associated with the physician's activity of commenting/instructing and with the patient's activity of commenting/asking.
authors.affiliation: Equipo CESCA, Madrid.
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Gérvas
authors.forename: L M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Hernández
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Martí
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: García-Sagredo
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Elvira
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Estévez
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Salcedo
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Pérez Fernández
mesh_terms: D007407:Interviews as Topic; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D013030:Spain
vernacular_title: La comunicación médico-paciente y la educación para la salud.