To examine health promotion in a primary-care context, we studied perceived and actual
communication in 271 consultations between general practitioners and patients in Oxford (…

The Consultation, published almost 20 years ago by the same authors, has been completely
rewritten. The New Consultation will be an essential aid for all doctors and their educators …

The evidence-based patient choice (EBPC) approach is one of a number of newly emerging
templates for medical encounters that advocate evidence-informed choice and shared …

The importance of communication between doctors and patients has been well established,
and there is growing acceptance of the need to teach and assess communication skills in …

Patient-centered care (PCC) is a popular movement among health services re- searchers,
health policy analysts, and health professionals. PCC requires that patient needs, preferences…

Objective To investigate the information and decision‐making expectations of general
practice patients during real life consultations. Design Post‐consultation, quantitative patient …

Objective: To assess the effectiveness of three different methods of promoting secondary
prevention of coronary heart disease in primary care. Design: Pragmatic, unblinded, cluster …

Objective To investigate opportunities for, and types of decision making in the general practice
(primary care) consultation, and examine differences in skills of those doctors who are …

This study was conducted to explore barriers to the implementation of the ‘evidence-based
patient choice’ (EBPC) consultation in medical practice. The theory behind EBPC …

A postal questionnaire was sent to all 1291 general practitioners in the Oxford region to
determine the pattern of preventive care and their beliefs about its effectiveness. Replies were …