Intake Greetings: An Article Review

Paper Summary:

This paper is a positive review of the article "An Evidence-Based Perspective on Greetings in Medical Encounters," by Makoul, Zick, & Green, which contains a national survey to determine patient perspectives of intake greetings by doctors. The writer describes the motivation for the survey, the methods used to carry it out, and the statistics yielded by the survey. The article's suggestions on improving the education of new physicians are also noted, and the writer concludes by summing up the plus points of the article and explaining its importance.

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"The researchers were filling a gap in the medical literature about patient preferences for doctors' greetings. Based on the assumption that appropriate greetings enhance the patient's experience, Makoul, et al (2007) conducted a large-scale nationwide telephone survey asking closed-ended questions to find whether or not patients preferred hand shakes, the use of their first and last names, and whether or not patients liked doctors to introduce themselves using both first and last names. The authors also sought evidence for how doctors most often do greet their patients in a formal clinical setting."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Makoul, G., Zick, A., & Green, M. (2007). "An Evidence-Based Perspective on Greetings in Medical Encounters." Arch Intern Med. Vol 167.

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