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Elderly patients' experiences of meeting with the doctor
— a sociocultural study in a hospital setting in Sweden | | Author(s) | Sandra Pennbrant, Ewa Pilhammar Andersson, Kerstin Nilsson |
| Journal title | Research on Aging, vol 35, no 2, March 2013 |
| Publisher | Sage, March 2013 |
| Pages | pp 163-181 |
| Source | www.roa.sagepub.com |
| Keywords | Discharged patients ; Patients ; Doctors ; Communication ; Health services ; Sweden. |
| Annotation | Previous research has provided contradictory findings on how important it is for older patients to actively participate in meetings with their doctors. Using descriptive and exploratory interview study with 20 older patients discharged from medicine and geriatric hospital care in Sweden, the authors describe how older patients experience their meetings with their doctor in the hospital setting. The results indicate that meetings between older patients and doctors are influenced by the nature and shape of the conversation, which are influenced by power and interaction. A good relationship between an older patient and his or her doctor leads to reduced apprehension and increased faith in the health care system. This study was inspired by the sociocultural perspective, and highlights the importance of the health care sector becoming a learning organisation in which doctors are trained to prevent misunderstandings in their meetings with older patients. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-130308201 A |
| Classmark | LFD: LF: QT2: U: L: 76P |
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