Patient perceptions that limit a community-based intervention to promote participation.
A workshop designed to teach seniors to communicate more effectively with their physicians and enhance patient participation in the consultation was held in a community centre. A grounded theory analysis of follow-up telephone interviews provided examples of effectiveness but also revealed six categories of barriers to changing the pattern of established communication, particularly over the short term.
Towle
Angela
A
Department of Surgery, Division of Health Care Communication, Faculty of Medicine, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada. atowle@interchange.ubc.ca
Godolphin
William
W
Manklow
Jennifer
J
Wiesinger
Holly
H
D000368:Aged; D001294:Attitude to Health; D003142:Communication; D003153:Community Health Services / Q000592:standards*; D004493:Education; D006801:Humans; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D010358:Patient Participation; D011369:Professional-Patient Relations