A theoretical framework to describe communication processes during medical disability assessment interviews

A theoretical framework to describe communication processes during medical disability assessment interviews

BACKGROUND Research in different fields of medicine suggests that communication is important in physician-patient encounters and influences satisfaction with these encounters. It is argued that this also applies to the non-curative tasks that physicians perform, such as sickness certification and medical disability assessments. However, there is no conceptualised theoretical framework that can ...

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Background: Research in different fields of medicine suggests that communication is important in physician-patient encounters and influences satisfaction with these encounters. It is argued that this also applies to the non-curative tasks that physicians perform, such as sickness certification and medical disability assessments. However, there is no conceptualised theoretical framework that can...

A theoretical framework of divorcing couples experience

Divorce is an event affecting couples, children, families, and community. Little is known about the perception of Iranian couples who intended to get divorced with regard to the process of decision making on divorce. The purpose of this study was to build a theory about the process that leads the couples to get divorced. The grounded theory in qualitative paradigm was used. Ten couples were int...

Medical students' agenda-setting abilities during medical interviews.

PURPOSE Identifying patients' agendas is important; however, the extent of Korean medical students' agenda-setting abilities is unknown. The study aim was to investigate the patterns of Korean medical students' agenda solicitation. METHODS A total of 94 third-year medical students participated. One scenario involving a female patient with abdominal pain was created. Students were video-record...

Information Systems for Disability Determination: A Multi-Stakeholder Assessment of Electronic Medical Evidence Needs and Processes