期刊
PATIENT EDUCATION AND COUNSELING
卷 89, 期 1, 页码 44-50出版社
ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2012.04.005
关键词
Physician-patient communication; Hospital; Emotion; Empathy
资金
- National Palliative Care Research Center
- University of California San Francisco Clinical and Translational Science Institute Career Development Program
- NIH [5 KL2 RR024130-04]
- University of California San Francisco Academic Senate
Objective: To describe hospital-based physicians' responses to patients' verbal expressions of negative emotion and identify patterns of further communication associated with different responses. Methods: Qualitative analysis of physician-patient admission encounters audio-recorded between August 2008 and March 2009 at two hospitals within a university system. A codebook was iteratively developed to identify patients' verbal expressions of negative emotion. We categorized physicians' responses by their immediate effect on further discussion of emotion - focused away (away), focused neither toward nor away (neutral), and focused toward (toward) - and examined further communication patterns following each response type. Results: In 79 patients' encounters with 27 physicians, the median expression of negative emotion was 1, range 0-14. Physician responses were 25% away, 43% neutral, and 32% toward. Neutral and toward responses elicited patient perspectives, concerns, social and spiritual issues, and goals for care. Toward responses demonstrated physicians' support, contributing to physician-patient alignment and agreement about treatment. Conclusion: Responding to expressions of negative emotion neutrally or with statements that focus toward emotion elicits clinically relevant information and is associated with positive physician-patient relationship and care outcomes. Practice implications: Providers should respond to expressions of negative emotion with statements that allow for or explicitly encourage further discussion of emotion. (C) 2012 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.
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