Getting the most from a 20-minute visit.
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.
Beckman
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Department of Medicine, Highland Hospital, Rochester, New York.
Markakis
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Suchman
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Frankel
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D007407:Interviews as Topic; D008487:Medical History Taking / Q000379:methods*; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations