Interpersonal perception in the context of doctor-patient relationships: a dyadic analysis of doctor-patient communication.

@article{Kenny2010InterpersonalPI,
  title={Interpersonal perception in the context of doctor-patient relationships: a dyadic analysis of doctor-patient communication.},
  author={David A. Kenny and Wemke Veldhuijzen and Trudy van der Weijden and Annie Leblanc and Jocelyn Lockyer and France L{\'e}gar{\'e} and Craig Campbell},
  journal={Social science & medicine},
  year={2010},
  volume={70 5},
  pages={
          763-8
        }
}

• David A. Kenny, Wemke Veldhuijzen, +4 authors Craig Campbell
• Published in Social science & medicine 2010
• DOI:10.1016/j.socscimed.2009.10.065

Doctor-patient communication is an interpersonal process and essential to relationship-centered care. However, in many studies, doctors and patients are studied as if living in separate worlds. This study assessed whether: 1) doctors' perception of their communication skills is congruent with their patients' perception; and 2) patients of a specific doctor agree with each other about their doctor's communication skills. A cross-sectional study was conducted in three provinces in Canada with 91… CONTINUE READING

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