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- 1From:British Journal of Occupational Therapy (Vol. 76, Issue 11) Peer-ReviewedIntroduction: Musculoskeletal conditions are a common cause of sickness absence and work disability. Little is known about the work-related advice and support that occupational therapists provide to this client group...
- 2From:British Journal of Occupational Therapy (Vol. 76, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedBackground: This paper presents the findings of an exploratory study investigating the experiences of occupational therapists when having bad news conversations with disabled people regarding likely levels of long-term...
- 3From:Croatian Medical Journal (Vol. 56, Issue 3) Peer-ReviewedThe physician-patient relationship has changed throughout history, as the role of physician has been transformed. Modern physicians need to be educated on how to use highly specialized knowledge when approaching the...
- 4From:Canadian Journal of Dental Hygiene (Vol. 44, Issue 4)As dental hygienists seek out more unique practice opportunities and locations, it becomes increasingly clear that they also need to examine their target clientele. In our multicultural society, it is important that we...
- 5From:China Media Report Overseas (Vol. 6, Issue 4) Peer-ReviewedEver since the outbreak of the HIV/AIDS, a culture of apathy has developed in the media and in the Nigerian public over this public health problem. The initial attitude is that HIV/AIDS is not an "African disease" and...
- 6From:Practice Nurse (Vol. 36, Issue 1)There is clear evidence to support the claim that people typically overvalue things that are rare, dwindling in availability or difficult to acquire. Behavioural researchers Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky (2) were the...
- 7From:Intensive and Critical Care Nursing (Vol. 22, Issue 3) Peer-ReviewedSummary Patients on intensive care units (ICU) have difficulty with communication [Menzel LK. Factors related to the emotional responses of intubated patients to being unable to speak. Heart Lung 1998; 27(4):245-52]....
- 8From:Nursing Standard (Vol. 20, Issue 44) Peer-ReviewedAs a person-centred planning facilitator at Mencap, my role is to support adults with learning disabilities. This includes identifying their health needs and aiding their communication with health professionals. This...
- 9From:Patient Care (Vol. 32, Issue 9) Peer-ReviewedAt age 99 years, my oldest patient is a great-great-grandmother. Mine. H is the last link to my country doc past, a French-speaking woman who never learned English. As I pulled up to Mme. H's home in my modern-day...
- 10From:British Medical Journal (Vol. 316, Issue 7144) Peer-ReviewedChildren are significant consumers of health care, and particular skills are required to communicate with them and provide them with care. Children may have feelings, symptoms, fears, or concerns not adequately or...
- 11From:Hospitals (Vol. 62, Issue 3)Communication efforts pay: survey On being told of the death of President Coolidge, the American wit Dorothy Parker asked, "How could they tell?" Today, because of the intense attention paid to objective...
- 12From:Patient Care (Vol. 27, Issue 7) Peer-ReviewedPhysicians sometimes have problems discussing illness with patients, but when the patients do not speak the same language as the physician, the communication can falter through the translation process. Several ways to...
- 13From:American Behavioral Scientist (Vol. 38, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedHealth communication professionals need to be familiar with emerging technologies to ensure that they are adequately prepared for the advent of the vaunted information superhighway. Communication proofessionals, in...
- 14From:Patient Care (Vol. 28, Issue 19) Peer-ReviewedA sample conversation between a patient and a physician helps physicians improve their communication with patients. The sample involves closing a lengthy conversation so the physician could reassure the patient without...
- 15From:Patient Care (Vol. 30, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedThe rate at which prescription drugs are given over-the-counter status emphasizes the need for physicians to discuss self-prescribing habits with patients. Drugs approved for the new status include H2-blockers, nicotine...
- 16From:Patient Care (Vol. 30, Issue 5) Peer-ReviewedA physician notes the similarities in care he provides to his patients and his wife provides to her roses. Both groups are seen as in need of tender care. The physician had his teaching group distribute roses to patients...
- 17From:American Medical Writers Association Journal (Vol. 31, Issue 1)Introduction Any type of medical writing that reports data needs to undergo some type of quality control (QC) to ensure that documents or other materials are not riddled with errors. Quality control may involve a...
- 18From:Nature Reviews Clinical Oncology (Vol. 14, Issue 5) Peer-ReviewedAuthor(s): Devan Stahl (corresponding author) [1]; Tom Tomlinson [1] In medicine, the presumption that patients with advanced illness and no real prospects for further treatment of their disease have a right not to...
- 19From:International journal of communication (Online)Peer-ReviewedNarrative health communication is a form of persuasive communication in which a health message is presented in the form of a fictional or nonfictional story, as opposed to being presented as statistical evidence or...
- 20From:Clinical Ophthalmology (Vol. 9) Peer-ReviewedIntroduction: Adherence to glaucoma medications is essential for successful treatment of the disease but is complex and difficult for many of our patients. Health coaching has been used successfully in the treatment of...