title: Getting the most from a 20-minute visit.
abstract: The four core skills--active listening, soliciting attribution, providing support, and establishing agreement--are at the heart of the model of co-participation between physician and patient. Used effectively, they provide a mutually satisfying environment in which psychosocial as well as biologic aspects of a problem can be explored in a humane, caring, and surprisingly efficient way.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Highland Hospital, Rochester, New York.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Beckman
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Markakis
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Suchman
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Frankel
mesh_terms: D007407:Interviews as Topic; D008487:Medical History Taking / Q000379:methods*; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations