Assessing patients' expectations in ambulatory medical practice. Does the measurement approach make a difference?

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Published in J Gen Intern Med on January 01, 1997

Authors

R L Kravitz1, E J Callahan, R Azari, D Antonius, C E Lewis

Author Affiliations

1: Division of General Medicine, UC Davis Medical Center, Sacramento 95817, USA.

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