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Showing 1 to 18 of 18 for “"doctor/patient communication"”.
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Can You Hear Me Now?: Doctor-Patient Communication and Applications of Neurosurgery in Telemedicine
This research project explored patient's perceptions of telemedicine. This is a new technology that allows doctors and patients to meet in two different locations and have their medical appointments through videoconferencing equipment. Three research questions were posed dealing with telemedicine, …
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Language discordance and levels of satisfaction between doctors and patients in a medical encounter
… necessitated by a paucity of research into the communication that takes place in doctor-patient interactions in Zambia; noting that patients have in the past complained that doctors communicate with them in a language they do not understand very well or at all and so were dissatisfied with the …
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Language discordance and levels of satisfaction between doctors and patients in a medical encounter
… necessitated by a paucity of research into the communication that takes place in doctor-patient interactions in Zambia; noting that patients have in the past complained that doctors communicate with them in a language they do not understand very well or at all and so were dissatisfied with the …
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Impact of physicians’ medical jargon use on patient behavior
<p>An open and easy communication is the key to building doctor-patient relationships. It has become increasingly important for doctors to use the right language with their patients. Since doctor-patient communication may include complex technical language and/or medical terminology, it is often …
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A framework and guidance for design of patient-friendly medical decision aids
… by factors such as time, information, cost, patients’ health condition, etc. The traditional relationship of doctor to patient has put patients in a passive position of acquiring information and making decisions; doctors my take the authority of making decisions without knowing enough …
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Some Deontological Considerations Related to Features of Communication with Patients with Acute Intoxication // Някои деонтологични проблеми, свързани с особеностите на комуникацията с пациенти с остри отравяния
… from the specific characteristics of the communication between a doctor and a patient with an acute intoxication. The main problems are in the area of informed consent for or refusal of treatment and consent for disclosing confidential information to relatives. The main reason is impaired …
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Visualise: an exploration of an artist's approach to 3-D computer visualisation in clinical radiology
This doctoral thesis is a practice-led enquiry into the value of 3-D Computer Generated Imagery (CGI) in the visualisation and animation of clinical radiological scan data. The aim of this work is to develop an alternative pathway to visualising clinical data that augments and challenges the …
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Overcoming language barriers using an information video on spinal anesthesia for cesarean section: implementation and impact on maternal anxiety
… anesthesia for caesarean section, narrated in a patient's first language, reduces anxiety, increases satisfaction, and improves doctor-patient communication if there is a language barrier. In South Africa most doctors speak English, and patients Xhosa, with educational and cultural disparities …
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Patient-centred communication and patient education: a multimodal social semiotic approach
Patient-centred communication and patient education: a multimodal social semiotic approach This study explores the phenomenon of patient-centred communication within the South African health context. Patient-centred communication involves several distinct but interlinked elements, namely, taking a …
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The Exploration of Perceptions of Patient-Clinician Communication in Black Mothers Diagnosed with an Acute Post-Partum Hypertensive Crisis
… American mothers face, can mask or influence patient reporting of early postpartum hypertensive crisis symptoms. Patients diagnosed with preeclampsia risk developing even more severe complications, such as cardiovascular disease, which is the leading cause of pregnancy-related deaths in the …
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Understanding How Patients Perceive Their Medical Providers’ Communication in a Hospital Based Emergency Department Setting
<p><em>Background</em>: In recent years, a chief patient complaint has been that there is a breakdown in communication with their healthcare provider. This is concerning because poor provider-patient communication can lead to reduced medication adherence, misdiagnosis, increased healthcare costs, …
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Breaking Bad News: Effect Of Physician Communication On Analog Patients' Response
… part of healthcare for physicians and patients alike. Although expert opinion suggests that certain strategies for breaking bad news may be better than others, there is little methodologically rigorous research to support current guidelines. This study used an experimental paradigm to …
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Assessing Patient-Centered Communication In Medical Education: A Crystallized Approach To Understanding The Quality, Nature, And Form Of Feedback By Standardized Patients
<p>Patient-centered Communication (PCC) is the gold standard in effective clinical communication. Feedback from Standardized Patients (SPs) provides one strategy to teach PCC. SP feedback is highly valued, but little is understood about its quality, nature, and the form in which it is actually …
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Agency And Resistance Strategies Among Black Primary Care Patients
… has identified marginalized and minority patients as displaying fewer participatory behaviors during the clinical interaction. Using a culture-centered framework, this study examines the process by which patients with a previous history of discrimination employed agency and resistance …
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Self-stigma, trust in the oncologists and information seeking behaviors in breast cancer patients and survivors
… of breast cancer (BC) and how this impacts patients’ trust in the treating oncologist in the prognosis communication experience, as well as the BC patients' different information seeking behaviors: (i) Self-Stigma Characteristics in BC Treatment Stages and Among Racial Groups (ii) Trust in …
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What do healthcare providers think of patients who use the Internet?: An exploratory study
… more common. Providers have been wary of patient information searches, fearing that, at worst, conflicting information may provoke confrontation and doubt and, at best, the information is trivial or already well known to the provider. For this exploratory study a survey was conducted that …