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- Title
Providers' Demeanor Impacts Patient Perceptions of Visit Length.
- Authors
Howe, Lauren C.; Hardebeck, Emerson J.; Leibowitz, Kari A.; Crum, Alia J.
- Abstract
The article discusses that patient perceptions of time with the provider can outweigh actual visit length. Topics discussed include providers, who were medical or nursing students, were instructed to act in a professional manner but remain neutral with patients; mentions provider demeanor as an underexplored, cost-effective avenue for maximizing the limited time providers have with patients; and also mentions system-level changes to increase actual time with patients are clearly needed.
- Subjects
TIME perception; SOCIAL perception; PATIENT compliance; SENSORY perception; PHYSICIAN-patient relations
- Publication
JGIM: Journal of General Internal Medicine, 2019, Vol 34, Issue 2, p182
- ISSN
0884-8734
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1007/s11606-018-4665-6