Open AccessThe Quality of Therapeutic Alliance between Patient and Provide Predicts General Satisfaction
Author(s) -
Son Chae Kim,
Sinil Kim,
Denise Boren
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
military medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.442
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1930-613X
pISSN - 0026-4075
DOI - 10.7205/milmed.173.1.85
Subject(s) - alliance , medicine , patient satisfaction , scale (ratio) , demographics , empowerment , family medicine , clinical psychology , nursing , demography , physics , quantum mechanics , sociology , political science , law
Therapeutic alliance has been proposed as an ideal patient-provider relationship. The Kim Alliance Scale (KAS) measures the quality of therapeutic alliance, including patient empowerment. The objectives were to refine KAS and to measure the relationship between therapeutic alliance and patients' general satisfaction.
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