title: Great expectations: what patients with unexplained syncope desire.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Academic Medical Centre, University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Wieling
authors.affiliation: SEIN - Stichting Epilepsie Instellingen Nederland, Heemstede, the Netherlands.|Department of Neurology, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, the Netherlands.
authors.forename: R D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Thijs
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, Hennepin County Medical Center, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Linzer
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Academic Medical Centre, University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
authors.forename: F J
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: de Lange
authors.affiliation: Penn State Hershey Heart and Vascular Institute, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, PA, USA.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ross
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, the Netherlands.
authors.forename: J G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: van Dijk
authors.affiliation: National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College, London, UK.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sutton
authors.affiliation: Department of Family Medicine, Academic Medical Centre, University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: van Dijk
mesh_terms: D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D006801:Humans; D057240:Patient Preference; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D012008:Recurrence; D013575:Syncope / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy
keywords: empathy; history building; listening; patient's desires; quality of life; syncope