Communicate effectively? It is worth it! Effects of physician-patient-communication.

Patient-oriented physician-patient-communication plays a central role in the course of treatment and treatment success. There are diverse research articles that shows that a purely formal and physician-centered communication between physicians and patients can have negative effects and even pose a major safety risk for the patients.

Núñez A, Hinding B, Jünger J. Gut kommunizieren? Es lohnt sich! Auswirkungen der Arzt-Patienten-Kommunikation. In: Jünger J (Hrsg.): Ärztliche Kommunikation. Praxisbuch zum Masterplan Medizinstudium 2020. Schattauer Verlag, Stuttgart 2018, S. 41-50

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