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Clinician Response to Patient Emotion: Impact on Subsequent Communication and Visit Length

Mary Catherine Beach, Jenny Park, Dingfen Han, Christopher Evans, Richard D. Moore and Somnath Saha
The Annals of Family Medicine November 2021, 19 (6) 515-520; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.2740
Mary Catherine Beach
1Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
2Berman Institute of Bioethics, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland
3Department of Health, Behavior & Society, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland
4Welch Center for Prevention, Epidemiology and Clinical Research, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland
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Jenny Park
1Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
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Dingfen Han
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Christopher Evans
5Division of General Internal Medicine and Geriatrics, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon
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vol. 19 no. 6 515-520
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.2740
PubMed 
34750126

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The Annals of Family Medicine
Print ISSN 
1544-1709
Online ISSN 
1544-1717
History 
  • Received for publication July 1, 2020
  • Revision received March 15, 2021
  • Accepted for publication April 13, 2021
  • Published online November 8, 2021.

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  1. Mary Catherine Beach, MD1,2,3,4⇑,
  2. Jenny Park1,
  3. Dingfen Han, PhD1,
  4. Christopher Evans, MD5,
  5. Richard D. Moore, MD, MHS1 and
  6. Somnath Saha, MD, MPH5,6
  1. 1Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
  2. 2Berman Institute of Bioethics, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland
  3. 3Department of Health, Behavior & Society, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland
  4. 4Welch Center for Prevention, Epidemiology and Clinical Research, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland
  5. 5Division of General Internal Medicine and Geriatrics, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon
  6. 6Center to Improve Veteran Involvement in Care, VA Portland Health Care System, Portland, Oregon
  1. CORRESPONDING AUTHOR Mary Catherine Beach Johns Hopkins University 2024 E Monument St, Rm 2-511 Baltimore, MD 21287 mcbeach{at}jhmi.edu

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