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Katharine Stephens
Publications - 2
Citations - 406
Katharine Stephens is an academic researcher. The author has contributed to research in topics: Patient satisfaction & Referral. The author has an hindex of 2, co-authored 2 publications receiving 387 citations.
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Importance of patient pressure and perceived pressure and perceived medical need for investigations, referral, and prescribing in primary care: nested observational study.
TL;DR: Doctors' behaviour in the consultation is most strongly associated with perceived medical need of the patient, which strongly confounds other predictors, and perceived patient pressure is a strong independent predictor of all doctor behaviours.
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Randomised controlled trial of effect of leaflets to empower patients in consultations in primary care.
Paul Little,Martina Dorward,Greg Warner,Michael Moore,Katharine Stephens,Jane Senior,Tony Kendrick +6 more
TL;DR: Encouraging patients to raise issues and to discuss symptoms and other health related issues in the consultation improves their satisfaction and perceptions of communication, particularly in short consultations.