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Physician : patient Interaction as assessed by the undergraduate medical students
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Roseline F.William, Felix A, Ethirajan N. Physician : patient Interaction as assessed by the undergraduate medical students. J Int Med Sci Acad. 2007;20(2):137–138.
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The interaction between a physician and his or her patient is complex and occurs by means of both the technical performance and through a personal relationship. The present analysis of 891 patients cross – sectional study design using an interview schedule, in order to find out the satisfaction level among patients which interacting with the physician, through a 61.5% of the patients were completely satisfied with the information provided by the physician but nearly 8% of them were not satisfied with the process of the communication provided by the physicians; 92% of the physician interactions was good. Although, majority ofhe patients were satisfied with the physician’s interaction.
