Jozien Bensing

Josina Maria "Jozien" Bensing (born 12 March 1950) is a Dutch clinical psychologist.

Bensing was director of the Nederlands Instituut voor Onderzoek van de Gezondheidszorg [nl] (NIVEL) between 1985 and 2008.

Bensing obtained a PhD at the Erasmus University Rotterdam in 1991, her thesis was titled: "Doctor-patient communication and the quality of care.

The next year the Dutch Institute for General Practice became the Nederlands Instituut voor Onderzoek van de Gezondheidszorg [nl] (NIVEL) and Bensing became the director.

[3][4] She has done research on large quantities of video recorded conversations between doctors and patients and has built a database of over 16,000 entries.