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Patient Education and Counseling (PEC)

Publisher :

Elsevier Ireland Ltd

Scopus Profile
Peer reviewed only
Scopus Profile
Open Access
  • Medicine
  • Dentistry
e-ISSN :

1873-5134

Issue Frequency :

Monthly

Impact Factor :

2.9

p-ISSN :

0738-3991

Est. Year :

1979

Mobile :

441865843000

Country :

Ireland

Language :

English

APC :

YES

Impact Factor Assignee :

Google Scholar

Email :

r-street@tamu.edu

Journal Descriptions

Patient Education and Counseling (PEC) is the Official journal of EACH, the International Association for Communication in Health Care and ACH, the Academy of Communication in Healthcare. As an interdisciplinary journal for clinicians, the PEC aims to provide a forum for fundamental and applied research, as well as to promote the study of processes affecting clinical communication, patient education, counseling, health promotion, and training models in improving communication between providers and patients. Areas of particular interest include: Contemporary issues and controversies in patient education, provider-patient communication, and counseling Adherence to therapeutic regimens, provider-patient communication, patient participation in health care, decision-making skills, health literacy, anxiety, physiological changes, or health/functional status, in particular as they relate to patient education and counseling Medical education efforts regarding the teaching/training and evaluation of interpersonal skills of health care providers and their attitudes and the skills needed for optimal communication Innovative programs exemplifying the models of health care support, such as self-care groups, patient advocacy efforts, medication self-administration programs, and co-operative care units


Patient Education and Counseling (PEC) is :

International, Peer-Reviewed, Open Access, Refereed, Medicine, Dentistry , Online or Print, Monthly Journal

UGC Approved, ISSN Approved: P-ISSN - 0738-3991, E-ISSN - 1873-5134, Established in - 1979, Impact Factor - 2.9

Not Provide Crossref DOI

Indexed in Scopus, WoS, PubMed

Not indexed in DOAJ, UGC CARE

Publications of PEC

“I just think that doctors need to ask more questions”: Sexual minority and majority adolescents’ experiences talking about sexuality with healt...

Objective To examine adolescent and young adults’ experiences of sexuality communication with physicians, and gain advice for improving interactions. Methods Semi-structured interviews ...

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