title: Patient perceptions that limit a community-based intervention to promote participation.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Division of Health Care Communication, Faculty of Medicine, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada. atowle@interchange.ubc.ca
authors.forename: Angela
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Towle
authors.forename: William
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Godolphin
authors.forename: Jennifer
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Manklow
authors.forename: Holly
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Wiesinger
mesh_terms: 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