학술논문
Does physician-patient communication that aims at empowering patients improve clinical outcome?
Document Type
Report
Source
Patient Education and Counseling. May, 2006, Vol. 61 Issue 2, p299, 8 p.
Subject
Language
English
ISSN
0738-3991
Abstract
To link to full-text access for this article, visit this link: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pec.2005.04.009 Byline: Ursula F. Trummer (a), Ulrich O. Mueller (b), Peter Nowak (a), Thomas Stidl (a), Jurgen M. Pelikan (a) Keywords: Physician-patient communication; Co-production; Intervention study; Empowerment; Informational quality; Emotional quality; Health behaviour; Clinical outcome Abstract: A case study at the department for heart surgery of an Austrian University Hospital in 2001, examined the outcome of improved communication aimed at empowering patients to be more effective co-producers of recuperation after surgery. Author Affiliation: (a) Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Sociology of Health and Medicine, WHO, Collaborating Center for Health Promotion in Hospitals and Health Care, Vienna, Austria (b) Institute of Medical Sociology and Social Medicine, Medical School & University Hospital, Marburg University, Germany Article History: Received 19 February 2004; Revised 11 April 2005; Accepted 16 April 2005