title: [Evaluation of environmental medicine counseling by the patient and the physician--a comparison of perspectives].
abstract: Counselling in environmental medicine is a new field of medical work. The success of the advisory activity has two aspects: objective results like laboratory findings, measurements and activities as well as the subjective assessment by, and satisfaction of, the patient and the physician. After giving a short presentation of the work of the advisory board for environmental medicine of the Medical Institute of Environmental Hygiene in Düsseldorf we discuss the significance of the communication between patient and physician for this field of medicine. The subject of our study was to compare the views of patients and physicians in regard to the success of the advisory activity. To achieve this goal we asked both patients and physicians to complete a questionnaire to judge the consultation. Our questions considered technical as well as interactional aspects of the advice. We found some clear differences between the view expressed by patients and physicians. This will be demonstrated with the help of the issues "satisfaction", "problem-solving" and "intention" (patient's aim for the consultation.
authors.affiliation: Umweltmedizinische Beratungsstelle, Medizinisches Institut für Umwelthygiene, Düsseldorf.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Nagel
authors.forename: H F
authors.initials: HF
authors.lastname: Neuhann
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D004781:Environmental Exposure / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010348:Patient Care Team; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D012307:Risk Factors
vernacular_title: Die Beurteilung der umweltmedizinischen Beratung durch Patient und Arzt--ein Perspektivenvergleich.