Perspectives on patient-doctor communication.
Until recently, the content, structure, and function of communication between doctors and patients has received little attention and has been excluded from the realm of scientific inquiry; as a result, most clinicians have had little formal training in communication skills. In this paper leaders in doctor-patient communication present four approaches that are currently used as the basis for clinical training and research, summarize the progress made in forming a consensus, and outline the implications of these perceptions for practicing physicians.
Epstein
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Program for Biopsychosocial Study, Highland Hospital, Rochester, New York.
Campbell
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Cohen-Cole
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McWhinney
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Smilkstein
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D003142:Communication; D006801:Humans; D008960:Models, Psychological; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D014481:United States