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Hospital readmissions due to illness among geriatric patients result in distress and psychological trauma. Although communication has been linked to better health outcomes, little is known about communication pathways in the context of resilience after ...

This study tested the hypothesis that more frequent repair in psychiatrist-patient communication is associated with better adherence to treatment recommendations in schizophrenia . The quality of doctor-patient communication also appears to influence adherence to recommendations in ...

Communication between doctor and patient is at the heart of psychiatric treatment. However, little attention has so far been given to practical training in this area and there is no specific theory about what constitutes good communication in psychiatry. This review aims to ...

The effectiveness of treatment depends on the quality of the patient-clinician relationship and, in particular, on the extent to which the patient and clinician build a shared understanding of illness and treatment. The cited study used a conversation analysis tool to explore the aforementioned ...

The nursing shortage and its impact on patient care are well-documented global problems. Patients living with chronic cancer have many psychosocial problems and often lack adequate support as a result of...

Doctor-patient communication is the main way in which women diagnosed with breast cancer learn about the risk of distant recurrence. However, little is known about how physicians approach these discussions. In the study cited above, approximately 33% women reported,...

Patients are increasingly seeking and using online health information to more actively manage their own health in collaboration with their doctors. This trend has both positive and negative effects on interactions between patients and their doctors....

Shared decision-making (SDM) is a process where clinicians and patients work together to select treatment based on both patient preference and clinical evidence. Although patients with psychotic disorders want a greater degree of...

The aim of the article was to explore the respect reported by doctors for individual patients by examining the following questions: How does the respect for patients reported by doctors change? What patient characteristics are associated with greater respect reported by...

Although doctors' communication styles and perceptions influence outcomes, few studies have examined how these perceptions relate to the way doctors communicate with patients. Furthermore, although many factors may influence the communication process, in...

The aim of this article was to determine the congruence between patients' preferred style of clinical decision-making and the style they typically experienced, and whether this congruence was related to socioeconomic status and/or perceived quality of care....

The aim of this article was to determine patients' preferences for a shared or focused consultation style in the decision-making part of a general consultation. Patients had different preferences for participation in decision-making during the consultation. In a multiple regression analysis, it was found that...

Patient-physician communication is central to the effective care of diabetes and other chronic diseases. However, the relative impact of general and disease-specific communication on self-management is poorly understood, as are the determinants of these...

Informing the patient is arguably the physician's most important communication duty. Recognising this, researchers have long been interested in the question of why some patients receive more information from doctors than others. The paper argues that the amount of ...

It is hypothesised that patient-centred physician communication stimulates the active participation of patients, thus leading to a more effective and humane exchange during a medical consultation. We investigated the relationship between physicians' communication focused ...