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,...
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The Impact of Internet Health Information on Patient Compliance: A Research Model and an Empirical Study
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....
Mental health professionals' experiences with shared decision-making for patients with psychotic disorders: a qualitative study
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...
Are physicians' attitudes of respect accurately perceived by patients and associated with more positive communication behaviours?
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...
Physicians' communication and perceptions of patients: is it how they look, how they talk, or is it just the doctor?
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...
Clinical decision-making: Patients' preferences and experiences
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....
Do patients wish to be involved in decision making in the consultation? A cross sectional survey with video vignettes
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...
Dimensions of patient-provider communication and diabetes self-care in an ethnically diverse population
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...
Information-giving in medical consultations: The influence of patients' communicative styles and personal characteristics
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 ...
Patient participation in the medical specialist encounter: Does physicians' patient-centred communication matter?
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 ...
Communication in general practice: differences between European countries
The aim of this article was (i) to compare doctor-patient communication in general practice across European countries; and (ii) to examine the impact of system, GP and patient characteristics on doctor-patient communication in general practice. Data ...
Measuring patients' perceptions of communication with healthcare providers: do differences in demographic and socioeconomic characteristics matter?
Understanding patient-physician communication is essential to developing policies that measure how well the healthcare system delivers care. This study sought to determine which, if any, demographic factors were independently ...
Socio-economic status of the patient and doctor-patient communication: does it make a difference?
This systematic review, which included 12 original research papers and meta-analyses, investigated whether patients' socio-economic status affects doctor-patient communication. The results show that patients from lower social classes receive...
Influences on patients' ratings of physicians: Physicians demographics and personality
There is considerable interest in the impact of doctors on patient ratings. In this cross-sectional study, patients ( n = 4616; age range: 18-65 years) rated their satisfaction with primary care physicians ( n = 96). Patients and physicians were recruited from outpatient ...
Patient-provider communication and low-income adults: Age, race, literacy, and optimism predict communication satisfaction
The aim of this article was to assess whether literacy, numeracy and optimism are associated with low-income adults' satisfaction with a provider's communication skills. Low-income adults ( N = 131) were recruited from seven counties in...