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Peer reviewedPettegrew, Loyd S.; Turkat, Ira Daniel – Human Communication Research, 1986
Presents results from two studies of how lower-back-pain patients communicate to health care providers. Suggests specific directions for future research. (MS)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Communication Problems, Communication Research, Communication Skills
Peer reviewedKing, Jennifer – Journal of Applied Communication Research, 1985
Addresses the impact of patients' beliefs about health care on their decisions to follow medical advice and to undertake different actions to prevent illness. Concludes that among other things, doctors need to become more willing to modify their treatment plans according to patient needs. (VLC)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Beliefs, Communication Research, Communication Skills
Peer reviewedPhelan, Sharon; And Others – Academic Medicine, 1993
A University of New Mexico medical school program to evaluate students having difficulty with noncognitive professional traits (responsibility, reliability, maturity, self-assessment, communication, honesty, integrity, respect for patients and peers) has identified 10 students with difficulties and provided interventions and remediation over a…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Communication Skills, Higher Education, Integrity
