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Lesley Fallowfield
Doctors' communication of trust, care, and respect: Details of paper were incorrect
BMJ 2004; 328: 1317-a-1318-a [Full text]
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Debra Roter   (23 July 2004)

US readers share disappointment and outrage 23 July 2004
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Debra Roter,
Professor
Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, Baltimore MD 21205

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Re: US readers share disappointment and outrage

I would like to assure Dr. Fallowfield and others that at least one US reader's response to the conclusions drawn by Wright and colleagues was similarly indignant. The editorial I prepared for BMJ USA on this paper "Patient-centered communication: more than a string of words" concluded that it was conceputal weaknesses and leaps in logic that led to the unsubstantiated conclusions of the authors rather than any evidence that communcation skills are not valued by patients.

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