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Video demonstrating either "good" or "bad" communication between a health care p...

Video demonstrating either "good" or "bad" communication between a health care p...

Video demonstrating either "good" or "bad" communication between a health care p...

Video demonstrating either "good" or "bad" communication between a health care p...

Video demonstrating either "good" or "bad" communication between a health care p...

Video demonstrating either "good" or "bad" communication between a health care p...

Video demonstrating either "good" or "bad" communication between a health care p...

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Author: P I Leppard

Abstract: Intra-operative patient controlled sedation with propofol (bolus dose 18 mg over 5.4 s; lockout period 1 min) has been compared to continuous propofol infusion (3.6 mg.kg-1.h-1) in a randomised crossover study of 38 ASA 1 or 2 day surgery patients un...

Author: Barbara B Brewer

Abstract: PURPOSE: To test the feasibility of using patient acuity indicators as proxy measures for the AACN Synergy Model for Patient Care patient characteristics. DESIGN AND METHODS: Secondary data analysis of a convenience sample of 481 patient ratings from...

Author: R S Zimmerman

Abstract: Although the quantity and, in many cases, the quality of research on the practitioner-patient interaction has improved over the last 10-15 years, many related topics remain largely unexplored. The relationship of the similarity of practitioner and pa...

Author: J Bitzer

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Author: Charles A Vincent

Abstract: BACKGROUND: Patients can play an important role in improving patient safety by becoming actively involved in their health care. However, there is a paucity of empirical data on the extent to which patients take on such a role. In order to encourage p...

Author: Béatrice Fervers

Abstract: The development of good-quality patient information is a major challenge to improve quality of cancer care. The SOR SAVOIR PATIENT program aims to improve patients' understanding of cancer treatment and to facilitate their participation in clinical d...

Author: C Sallou

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Author: K N von Rechenberg

Abstract: 96 randomised outpatients of the Medical University Policlinic at Basle were interviewed at their first medical examination: 88 patients were told their diagnosis. Afterwards 76 were able to name the diagnosis correctly, with 55% showing good, 26% me...

Author: V Reznik

Abstract: In this case, the medical team learned about the Hmong cultural beliefs and collaborated with the family to design a plan of care that included their nonwestern medical practices. Improved health care for the child resulted from a partnership between...

Author: Groupe De Travail Sor Savoir Patient

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Author: S L West

Abstract: We describe the Virtual Standardized Patient (VSP) application, having a computerized virtual person who interacts with medical practitioners in much the same way as actors hired to teach and evaluate patient assessment, diagnosis, and interviewing s...

Author: R R Carlson

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Author: Vicki Wheatley

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Author: T Shute

Abstract: Much emphasis is placed on reducing waiting times to improve the quality of patient visits; however, it has been pointed out that improving the quantity of patients seen does not necessarily equate with quality (Hart 1996). This paper describes the d...

Author: T Kashiwagi

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Author: D N Rose

Abstract: Patient satisfaction is rejected as a sufficient measure of the quality and effectiveness of the physician patient relationship. Satisfaction appears to be correlated with passive acquiescence to treatment but not with commitment to health promoting ...

Author: Susan M Torres

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Author: T Quill

Abstract: Although patients regularly see the same physicain for medical care, little is known about the effects of physician-patient familiarity on important visit outcomes. In a study of visits made to 79 physicians in 11 primary care settings, investigators...