First author and year | Research question | Population/consultations of interest | Area of research |
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Ali [20] | To provide a detailed understanding of the ways in which white and South Asian patients communicate with white GPs and to explore any similarities and differences in communication | South Asian patients | Communication: cross cultural |
Als [21] | To identify patterns of GP and patient behaviour related to computer and to identify patient and doctor perceptions of the computer | Unselected | Doctor patient relationship: Impact of computer |
To describe and evaluate a stimulated recall methodology | Unselected (but stratified with respect to age & gender) | Evaluation of VSR method | |
To study the difficulties and dilemmas a GP faces during daily consultations |  | ‘Difficult’ consultations | |
To understand phenomena in consultations where the GP has expressed difficulties | Â | Doctor patient relationship | |
To compare the patients' and the doctors' comments on video-recorded consultations in order to increase understanding of shortcomings in patient-doctor relationship | Â | Â | |
To describe and understand the experiences of general practitioners in consultations | |||
To describe and understand patients' positive and negative experiences of General Practitioners | |||
To describe the specific behaviour in consultations where the patient experiences a satisfying human relationship with the GP | |||
To characterize health counselling discussion in the consultation | Subsample where health promotion discussed | Health promotion advice | |
To explore self-management support in primary care consultations | Patients with long term conditions | Self-management | |
To explore the relevance of computer information systems in self-management dialogue | Impact of computer | ||
Bugge [19] | To investigate incidences, consequences and reasons for non-disclosure of information in decision making | Consultations in family planning clinic and diabetes clinica | Decision making |
Cegala [30] | To compare doctor and patient views on communication during the consultation | New and follow up patients | Doctor-patient relationship |
Coleman [14] | To elicit, relate and interpret GP accounts of why they discuss smoking with some patients and not others | Patients who smoke | Decision making |
Cromarty [31] | To describe the range and type of thoughts patients have during their consultations | Unselected | Patients experiences |
Epstein [15] | To describe the structure of HIV related discussion, characterise effective and efficient communication and identify common difficulties | Consultations where HIV risk is discussed | Communication |
Doctor-patient relationship | |||
Difficult consultations | |||
Frankel [32] | To understand the characteristics of the ‘optimal healing environment’ in the consultation | Established patients presenting to doctors with a range of satisfaction scores | Doctor- patient relationship |
Gao [33] | To explore the influence of cultural practices on discussion of colorectal screening | Patients having colorectal screening recommendations | Communication: Cross cultural |
Henry [18] | To understand the impact of tacit clues on making judgements in the consultation | Patients undergoing health maintenance examinations | Decision making |
To understand what occurs in a triadic encounter | Triadic Consultations involving an interpreter | Communication | |
To delineate differences in encounters between professional and family interpreters | |||
Rosenburg [13] | To explore the communication patterns and perceptions between family doctors and psychologically distressed immigrant patients? | Immigrant patients with psychological problems | Communication: Cross cultural |
Saba [36] | To examine shared decision making and the experience of partnership of the doctors and patients | Stratified sample of patients presenting with diabetes or hypertension | Shared decision making |
Timpka [37] | To compare the experiences of patients and care givers of consulting across the primary care team | Patients who encountered more than one team member in a visit | Clinician-patient relationship and team working |
Treichler [38] | To identify and explore the power relations in a triadic consultation with GP, patients and medical student | Traidic consultation with medical student | Doctor-patient relationship |
To explore how electronic health record affects encounters between physicians and patients | Unselected | Doctor-patient relationship: impact of computer |