Greg Irving, Ana Luísa Neves, Hajira Dambha‐Miller, Ai Oishi et al.
OBJECTIVE: To describe the average primary care physician consultation length in economically developed and low-income/middle-income countries, and to examine the relationship between consultation length and organisational-level economic, and health outcomes. DESIGN AND OUTCOME MEASURES: This is a s...
Tahmina Begum
Communication between patients and health professionals is seen as the core clinical function in building a therapeutic doctor-patient relationship, which is the heart and art of the medicine. Patients satisfaction is strongly influenced by the quality of the communication that occurs. Effective co...
Debra Roter, Judith A. Hall, Nancy Katz
M. Dylan Bould, Stephanie Sutherland, Devin Sydor, Viren N. Naik et al.
Purpose Our aim was to clarify how hierarchy influences residents' reluctance to challenge authority with respect to clearly erroneous medical decision-making. Methods After research ethics approval, we recruited 44 anesthesia residents for a high-fidelity simulation scenario at two Ontario universi...
Charlotte Vrinten, Jane Wardle, Laura A.V. Marlow
BACKGROUND: Cancer fear and fatalism are believed to be higher in ethnic minorities and may contribute to lower engagement with cancer prevention and early detection. We explored the levels of cancer fear and fatalism in six ethnic groups in the United Kingdom and examined the contribution of accult...
Jo Waller, Kathryn A. Robb, S Stubbings, Antonio J. Ramírez et al.
OBJECTIVE: Little is known about ethnic differences in awareness of cancer-warning signs or help-seeking behaviour in Britain. As part of the National Awareness and Early Diagnosis Initiative (NAEDI), this study aimed to explore these factors as possible contributors to delay in cancer diagnosis. ME...
Deb Feldman‐Stewart, Sarah Brennenstuhl, Kathryn McIssac, Joan Austoker et al.
OBJECTIVE: We completed a systematic review of information reported as included in decision aids (DAs) for adult patients, to determine if it is complete, balanced and accurate. SEARCH STRATEGY: DAs were identified using the Cochrane Database of DAs and searches of four electronic databases using th...
Claire Snyder, Katherine Clegg Smith, Elissa Bantug, Elliott Tolbert et al.
BACKGROUND: Patient-reported outcomes (PROs) (eg, symptoms, functioning) can inform patient management. However, patients and clinicians often have difficulty interpreting score meaning. The authors tested approaches for presenting PRO data to improve interpretability. METHODS: This mixed-methods st...
Friedo W. Dekker, FE Dieleman, Kaptein Aa, J Mulder
We wanted to assess compliance with regular pulmonary medication, in 156 patients in a general practice setting. Patients completed a questionnaire on their reported daily intake, the perceived prescription, and their self-assessed perceived compliance with pulmonary medication. Compliance was defin...
Agnete Nygaard, Liv Halvorsrud, Siv Linnerud, Ellen Karine Grov et al.
OBJECTIVE: To summarise study descriptions of the James Lind Alliance (JLA) approach to the priority setting partnership (PSP) process and how this process is used to identify uncertainties and to develop lists of top 10 priorities. DESIGN: Scoping review. DATA SOURCES: The Embase, Medline (Ovid), P...
Maja Nikšić, Bernard Rachet, Fiona Warburton, Lindsay Forbes
BACKGROUND: Ethnic differences in cancer symptom awareness and barriers to seeking medical help in the English population are not fully understood. We aimed to quantify these differences, to help develop more effective health campaigns, tailored to the needs of different ethnic groups. METHODS: Usin...
Carol Pattee, Margaret Ballantyne, Brian Milne
Objective Many anaesthetists believe that informed consent for epidural analgesia during labour is inadequate. Patients are perceived to be poorly informed and unable to cope with the information given during labour for informed consent. We reviewed these two hypotheses: A) to define complications f...
Niels Lynöe, Ziauddin Hyder, Mustaque Chowdhury, Lotta Ekström
In the Clinical Problem-Solving article by Lurie et al. (Sept.7 issue), 1 the authors describe an 80-yearold man with unexplained back pain, an elevated erythrocyte sedimentation rate, plain films that showed only degenerative changes, and normal findings on neurologic evaluation.I believe magnetic ...
Md. Khirul Islam, A.W.M. Shamsul Islam, M. M. H. Mondal, Sukanta Basak et al.
Expanding resident evaluation procedures to include parents and nurses does enhance information that is gathered on resident communication skills and professionalism and may help to target specific behaviors for improvement. Additional research is needed to determine whether receiving feedback on pa...
Gurch Randhawa, Alastair Owens
Recent research has suggested that there is limited awareness of and information about cancer and cancer services among South Asian communities. This study explores the meanings of cancer and perceptions of cancer services among South Asians living in Luton. Six single-sex focus groups were conducte...