Silence in physician clinical practice: a scoping review protocol
This scoping review will provide an extensive description of how physicians engage with silence in clinical settings. Findings will identify how silence is perceived in physician patient interactions, the roles it plays, what factors influence use of silence and guide development of educational initiatives on use of silence in clinical settings.
Authors
- Martina Kelly (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8763-7092)
- Megan E. L. Brown (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9334-0922)
- Deirdre Bennett (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4469-9138)
- Caitlin McClurg (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5706-4086)
- Stephen Mosca
- Ellen McLeod
- Stefanie Rivera
- Catherine Sweeney
Institutions
- University of Calgary (CA)
- University College Cork (IE)
- Kelowna General Hospital (CA)
- Newcastle University (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- PLoS ONE
- Published
- 2026-03-17
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0307620
- Primary Topic
- Patient-Provider Communication in Healthcare
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00