Improving clinical communication and promoting health through concordance-based patient education Journal Article


Authors: Bylund, C. L.; D'Agostino, T. A.; Ho, E. Y.; Chewning, B. A.
Article Title: Improving clinical communication and promoting health through concordance-based patient education
Abstract: In recent years, communication education has been used as a means of improving the clinician-patient relationship and promoting health. The focus of these interventions has primarily centered on clinician training. An area that has received less focus, although equally important, is training patients to be good communicators. The purpose of the paper is to first introduce clinician-patient 'concordance' as a conceptual framework for patient communication education. Second, we provide a review and critique of the literature on existing patient communication interventions. Finally, we conclude with a discussion of two specific patient populations that face challenges and obstacles in clinician-patient communication and preliminary work we are doing in these areas: complementary and alternative medicine users and the medically underserved. © 2010 National Communication Association.
Keywords: complementary and alternative medicine; medically underserved; patient communication training
Journal Title: Communication Education
Volume: 59
Issue: 3
ISSN: 0363-4523
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Group  
Date Published: 2010-07-01
Start Page: 294
End Page: 311
Language: English
DOI: 10.1080/03634521003631952
PROVIDER: scopus
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