Patient-Physician Clue Communication During Primary Care Visits: Examining Psychosocial Benefits of Empathic Physician Communicationpatient-Physician Clue Communication During Primary Care Visits: Examining Psychosocial Benefits of Empathic Physician Communication

Samuel Hatala, Purdue University

Abstract

I performed a secondary analysis of existing data and determined that when interacting with physicians during primary care visits for chronic illness treatment, patients using opioids are less likely to continue presenting concerns designed to reinforce their social and emotional uniqueness during the second half of primary care visits when physicians provide empathic support of their concerns in the first half of visits.

Degree

M.Sc.

Advisors

Shields, Purdue University.

Subject Area

Health care management|Medical personnel|Social psychology

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