Search results for "Patient Communication"
ACP Internist
The doctor-patient relationship is the foundational unit of medical care. Like all relationships, it needs to be cultivated and nourished from time to time. ... Does a patient who is having a gallstone attack and a fever need to be hospitalized?
September 2021
Doctor/patient communication could use a boost
Doctor/patient communication could use a boost. In a surprising report from the Archives of Internal Medicine, we learn that most hospitalized patients (82%) could not accurately name the physician responsible ... The trend to get patients out of the
September 2021
Information plus documentation a must for informed consent
In 1990, Dr. Gottesman was sued for late diagnosis of a patient's prostate cancer. ... If the patient has any particular impediments to understanding, it's even more crucial to have a second listener, he added.
January 2012
QD: News Every Day--Interns skipping the niceties of patient communication
QD: News Every Day--Interns skipping the niceties of patient communication. First-year interns rarely do the little courtesies that could establish a rapport with patients, such as introducing themselves, and ... Simple steps to improve interns’
September 2021
Do not stop your statins
The authors were only able to find 60 reports, of which none was truly confirmed (just patient report)s and more than half noted improvement when the statin was stopped. ... push" that patient into having diabetes sooner than expected.
September 2021
Placing one pebble on another
His research interests include doctor-patient communication, bioethics, and systematic reviews. He is also a poet, journalist and translator in Yiddish and English.
September 2021
Still caring
Still caring. I got a call from a patient who had a family member sick and in the ICU. ... I went to the room where my patient was with her family member, and got a run-down of his current status.
September 2021
Knife dancing
Discharging as soon as medically possible, while aiding the patient in their convalescence. • ... His research interests include doctor-patient communication, bioethics, and systematic reviews. He is also a poet, journalist and translator in Yiddish
September 2021
Overcoming shame
This, of course, brings me back to the idea of patient-centered care. ... How do we address issues, such as weight, smoking, and non-compliance in a way that is patient-centered?
September 2021
Stigma
I tell myself: Speak in tones that aren't patronizing and sorrowful or as if you're irrevocably broken. Then coach yourself away from the fe...
September 2021