Search results for "Patient Communication"
Inchworm
Which would be bad since sometimes I might be the only “cousin” or family that patient has. ... At the very end of that clinic visit that patient told me about her grandchildren.
May 2022
Helping clinicians improve care for sexual, gender minorities
exam most comfortable, and be ready to stop the exam immediately, if requested by the patient. ... If the patient is not comfortable sharing that he has engaged in anal intercourse, for example, then the provider won't screen for rectal sexually
April 2015
Heroic
Yeah, doc,” the patient said. ”It's not something normal, that's for sure.”. ... In a strange way, this patient, by calling me and letting me know how much I've done, did something heroic for me.
May 2022
The gospel
I was told one thing. That your aortic heart valve was narrow and tight and that, just maybe, one day very soon you would need that valve re...
May 2022
Prevention paradox
I feel strongly that a clinician's primary responsibility is to the patient in front of him, not to the population as a whole, so I don't see an easy
May 2022
'Freakish'
My patient, minding her own business and moving slowly through the aisles of a store. ... So, a few years after I came to Atlanta, I called Zoo Atlanta on behalf of a patient of mine.
May 2022
Busting COVID-19 vaccination myths
Jain, who is an assistant professor of medicine and the director of communication strategies in medicine at the University of Illinois College of Medicine in Chicago. ... Of his practice's 850-patient panel, Dr. Cifu estimated that only about 10 patients
November 2021
Health numeracy
There is a growing awareness of the importance of health literacy, the extent to which patients and their families are able to understand wo...
May 2022
Patients and prayer amid medical practice
Fleming. Some cultures may have mores and languages that may affect communication and ultimately physician-patient interaction. ... setting I haven't been thoughtful in how to deal with the patient.”.
October 2012
Medical conspiracism
Dr. Schumann is a general internist. His blog, GlassHospital, seeks to bring transparency to medical practice and to improve the patient experience.
May 2022