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Showing 1 to 20 of 30 for “"Doctor-patient relationship"”.
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Sexual Parameters in Doctor-Patient Relationship
… touching (erotically and nonerotically) their patients was conducted with 164 female physicians. The results were compared with a previous study (from the University of California, Los Angeles) of male physicians. As compared with the UCLA sample of male physicians, more female physicians …
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The doctor-patient relationship: an exploration of trainee doctors’ views
… the ways in which medical trainees perceive the doctor-patient relationship could inform future developments in educational provision. A qualitative study was conducted, using a case study approach to explore the perceptions of postgraduate trainees in two medical specialties, general practice …
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Religion in the Doctor-Patient Relationship: Cultural Competence and Cultural Humility
… thesis is to explore the role of religion in the doctor-patient relationship, specifically through the case study of the serpent-handlers. This religious sect is found primarily in the Appalachian Mountains and holds religious beliefs that affect their utilization of the medical system. I examine …
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Narrative as an aid for the doctor-patient relationship in China
… years, the incidence of violence against Chinese doctors has increased dramatically, with the scale, frequency and viciousness of attacks shocking the world. The challenging doctor-patient relationship remains a complicated issue with no single cause. When the tension intensifies, some news media …
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A Poetic Response to Cancer: Scars, Mortality, and the Doctor-Patient Relationship
… focusing on scars, mortality and the doctor-patient relationship. I argue that the body standards society sets for women complicate how women wear scars; people read scars as imperfections on the female form. Because scars are visible markers on the body, they speak for themselves; I, …
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Deranged doctors and panicked patients: the doctor-patient relationship in fin de siécle literature
… project explores literary representations of the doctor-patient relationship around 1900. Research in the English context has focused on the binary construction of Dr. Jekyll-Mr. Hyde to reveal fragmented protagonists and polyphony as a strategy to mark this conflict. I draw on this research to …
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The Doctor-Patient Relationship Between President Obama and the Nation: An Analysis of the Speech on Health Care Reform Given to Congress in 2009
… as a physician would diagnose an illness of a patient. Obama observed the symptoms of rising medical costs, limited access to medical care, and declining quality of medical care and proposed a plan for reform which would treat the condition. In analyzing the speech, his relationship with the …
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Relationship between the media and YiNao under the Chinese healthcare system and cultural context
… is used to describe violent behaviors against doctors and healthcare facilities. The behaviors are usually based on financial gains. In China, YiNao has been commonly indicated by the reported cases of doctor-patient disputes. Such disputes may take violent or nonviolent forms. Most of the …
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The effects of direct-to-consumer antidepressent advertising on doctor-patient relationships
Objective: This qualitative study looks at how doctors and patients feel direct-to-consumer antidepressant advertising affects the doctor-patient relationship. Methods and Results: I conducted open-ended interviews with eight primary care physicians to understand their feelings about …
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The complaints and disciplinary process in New Zealand and the effect of complaints on doctors
… that complaints may impact negatively on doctors, and their ability to practice. This thesis examines the impact of the complaints process on doctors in New Zealand. It considers the practice of medicine from the viewpoints of the epistemology of medicine; the doctor-patient relationship; …
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Narrated Experiences of Medically Assisted Reproduction in Hungary - Infertility from a Multimethod Perspective
The doctoral dissertation is focusing on the biographical disruptions and lived experiences of female patients using medically assisted reproductive technologies in Hungary. In general, the aim of the thesis research is to explore patients’ constructed narratives about infertility and reproduction …
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A thematic exploration of chronic pain as described by patients
… interventions. Cases are selected from those patients currently attending a pain clinic. By means of five in-depth, unstructured interviews this research seeks to understand how these patients view their pain. Recurrent themes arising emanating from these interviews are identified and then …
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A review of knowledge as an integral prerequisite of informed and legal consent
… together with corresponding changes in the doctorpatient relationship which increasingly leans towards the patient as a consumer of medical services, consent has become a significant part of the doctor-patient relationship. It is unequivocally stated in South African legislation that consent …
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Quantifying racial disparities in end-of-life care
… can lead to suboptimal options and outcomes for patients and their families. Previous work has suggested that medical disparities can reflect higher rates of mistrust for the healthcare system among black patients. When the doctor-patient relationship lacks trust, patients may believe that …
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The patient's perception of the role of prayer in the family practice consultation : a qualitative study conducted in the Western Cape
Prayer and spirituality are aspects of patient care that are not often addressed in modem medical practice. Controversy surrounds the family practitioner's role regarding prayer. The patient's belief system and religion are neglected psychosocial variables. Prayer is accepted as an integral aspect …
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Talking about medical talk : exploring experiences regarding communication in HIV
… wealth of information on aspects related to the doctor-patient relationship, communication in HIV/AIDS care settings has received very little attention in the literature. South Africa leads the HIV/AlDS pandemic in numbers, yet almost no locally relevant information is available on the nature of …
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Reluctant patients: health, sickness and the embodiment of plebeian masculinity in nineteenth-century Britain: evidence from working men's autobiographies
This thesis is a contribution to the patient-centred history of medicine. It takes the historical agenda established by Dorothy and Roy Porter in their work on the Georgian middling sort and applies it to working-class men in nineteenth-century Britain. Thus it uses working men's autobiographies to …
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A study of the social causes of over-medication in China
… and structured interviews that focus on doctors in Shandong Province. The findings of this thesis suggest that a complex of interactive social relationships in China causes its problem of over-medication. These include insufficient government subsidy for hospitals and doctors, loopholes …
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The Appropriation of the Prospect of Taking Medication for Psychological Complaints: An Empirical-Phenomenological Investigation
… with literature on medication taking, the doctor-patient relationship, dialogic psychology and the construction of the self, and theories of willing, motivation and identity. This analysis contributes to the current literature by illuminating the lived significance of confronting the …
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Re-imagining doctor-patient relationships in an African context: a transformative educational perspective
Clinician-patient relationships are central to health care, health systems and medical education. Current educational practice of doctor-patient relationships emerged from an episteme rooted in a biomedical understanding of disease, having epistemic and pedagogical roots in Global North contexts. …
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