Publication Date
5-1992
Advisor(s) - Committee Chair
Randall Capps, Larry Winn, Judith Hoover
Degree Program
Department of Communication
Degree Type
Master of Arts
Abstract
In recent years medical societies have begun to recognize the effects and benefits of good communication between physician and patient. Like any other relationship, the exchange of information with fluent understanding creates a stronger bond of trust. Most applied research conducted in the area of physician-patient communication concentrates on physician behaviors which the patient views as problematic. This thesis focuses on patient assertiveness and its relationship to physician-patient satisfaction in the consultation process. Specifically, the study focuses on the relationship between patient assertiveness and physician-patient satisfaction.
For the study the researcher developed a patient questionnaire and pre- and post-physician questionnaires to assess patient assertiveness. This factor relates to outcomes of satisfaction from the physician-patient consultation. Twenty doctors and two hundred patients participated in the study. The implications of these finding should provide insight into the patient-physician consultation process.
Disciplines
Communication | Health and Medical Administration | Interpersonal and Small Group Communication | Medicine and Health Sciences | Social and Behavioral Sciences
Recommended Citation
Johnson, Joan Delores, "Assertiveness as a Measure of Satisfaction in the Physician-Patient Communication Process" (1992). Masters Theses & Specialist Projects. Paper 1721.
https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/theses/1721
Included in
Health and Medical Administration Commons, Interpersonal and Small Group Communication Commons