title: Effective doctor-patient communication: an updated examination.
abstract: This article examines, in detail, the quality of doctor-patient interaction. Doctor-patient communication is such a powerful indicator of health care quality that it can determine patients' self-management behavior and health outcomes. The medical visit (i.e., the medical encounter) plays a pivotal role in the health care process. In fact, doctor-patient communication is one of the most essential dynamics in health care, affecting the course of patient care and patient compliance with recommendations for care. Unlike many other analyses (that often look at only one or two specific aspects of doctor-patient relationships), this analysis is more encompassing; it looks at doctor-patient communication from multiple perspectives.
authors.affiliation: a Nicholson School of Communication, University of Central Florida , Orlando , Florida , USA.
authors.forename: Jonathan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Matusitz
authors.forename: Jennifer
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Spear
mesh_terms: D003142:Communication; D006801:Humans; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards; D010349:Patient Compliance; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D019984:Quality Indicators, Health Care; D011787:Quality of Health Care / Q000592:standards*
keywords: Conversation; doctor–patient communication; health; interaction; narrative medicine; relationship; talk