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Power is an inevitable aspect of all social relationships and is inherently neither good nor bad. Doctors need power to fulfil their professional responsibilities to many people, including patients, communities and themselves. Patients need power,...

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...

In the context of medical practice, continuity of care provides an opportunity to develop the doctor-patient relationship, with significant benefits for patients and general practitioners (GPs). However, continuity of care is threatened by trends in organisational development ...

This study investigated the relationship between (a) doctors' and patients' communication and (b) doctors' focus on the patient during the oncology consultation and patients' quality of life and satisfaction. Consultations of 96 consecutive cancer patients were recorded and ...

Doctors are expected to be lifelong learners. Participation in clinical practice is an important potential source of this learning. This study shows how doctors recognise and use informal feedback from interactions with patients in...

Research indicates that effective communication between medical staff and patients is associated with many positive outcomes for patients, but few studies have examined the impact of ecological factors (e.g. hospital size, local demographics) on the reported...

This study collected reviews from a publicly accessible medical website from January 2014 to December 2018 and then used a text mining method to reveal the semantics of patients' healthcare experiences. The proposed method revealed. W...

As members of diadic relationships, both patients and doctors influence each other's behaviour and are interdependent on each other because they share a common past history and ultimately a common future. The study found that if a doctor reported a high level of trust in...

Despite communication skills training in medical school, junior doctors still demonstrate poor patient-doctor communication skills. Four main themes of communication errors were identified, namely: non-verbal (contact...

Public trust in the health professions has declined in recent decades. One factor may be the flood of health information available from various sources. However, how the acquisition of health information affects patient trust remains unclear. W...

Shared decision-making is not always the norm in hospital care. Although doctors explain treatment plans, many hospitalised patients do not understand them enough to make autonomous decisions. In the present study, all doctors explained ...

Communication is an essential clinical skill that, when performed competently and effectively, facilitates the establishment of a relationship of trust between medical staff and patients, helping to create a truly therapeutic alliance. In addition to competency ...

The article addresses patients' assessments of how doctors and patients can improve communication. Patients attribute more responsibility to doctors, while placing more importance on the doctor than on patient-related factors, w...

The rapid changes in the healthcare system and the socio-political climate have placed a significant strain on the doctor-patient relationship. The doctor's role is to instil positive energy in the patient so that they can find relief from their suffering. The future doctor should...

The aim of this study was to systematically review existing tools that measure patient-centredness in doctor-patient communication and can be used to provide direct feedback. Despite the widely felt need for ...