Differences in patient-physician communication between the emergency department and other departments in a hospital setting in Taiwan

• Published in: BMC health services research Vol. 23; no. 1; pp. 1 - 11
• Main Authors: Wang, Yi-Fen, Lee, Ya-Hui, Lee, Chen-Wei, Shih, Yu-Ze, Lee, Yi-Kung
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London BioMed Central Ltd 20.11.2023; BioMed Central; BMC
• Subjects: Analysis; Behavior; Communication; Continuing medical education; Data collection; Data entry; Departments; Emergency department; Emergency medical care; Emergency service; Evaluation; Family medicine; Health aspects; Hospitals; Information management; Interviews; Medical research; Medicine; Patient compliance; Patient education; Patient-physician communication; Physician and patient; Physicians; Questionnaires; Research ethics; Sample size; Taiwan

Background Communication fosters trust and understanding between patients and physicians, and specific communication steps help to build relationships. Communication in the emergency department may be different from that in other departments due to differences in medical purposes and treatments. How...