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Patient perceptions that limit a community-based intervention to promote participation
Angela Towle1, William Godolphin, Jennifer Manklow
1Department of Surgery, Division of Health Care Communication, Faculty of Medicine, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada. atowle@interchange.ubc.ca
Patient Education and Counseling
|August 6, 2003
Abstract:
A workshop designed to teach seniors to communicate more effectively with their physicians and enhance patient participation in the consultation was held in a community centre. A grounded theory analysis of follow-up telephone interviews provided examples of effectiveness but also revealed six categories of barriers to changing the pattern of established communication, particularly over the short term.