BACKGROUND The Health Care Climate Questionnaire measures patient perceptions of their clinician's autonomy supportive communication. We sought to evaluate the psychometric properties of a modified brief version of the Health Care Climate Questionnaire (mHCCQ) adapted for breast cancer patients. METHODS We surveyed 235 women aged 20-79 diagnosed with breast cancer within the previous 18 month...

BACKGROUND Although patient satisfaction ratings often drive positive changes, they may have unintended consequences. OBJECTIVE The study reported here aimed to evaluate the clinician-perceived effects of patient satisfaction ratings on job satisfaction and clinical care. METHODS A 26-item survey, developed by a state medical society in 2012 to assess the effects of patient satisfaction sur...

health workforce shortages in sub-saharan africa are widely recognized, particularly of physicians, leading the training and deployment of non-physician clinicians (npcs). the paper by eyal et al provides interesting and legitimate viewpoints on evolving role of physicians in context of decisive increase of npcss in sub-saharan africa. certainly, in short or mid-term, npcs will continue to be a...

BACKGROUND The selection of agents for any treatment regimen is in part influenced by physician and patient attitudes. This study investigated attitudinal motivators and barriers to the use of self-injectable antiretroviral agents among physicians and patients and measured the degree of concordance between physician and patient perspectives. METHODS Attitudes toward prescribing and usage of s...

CONTEXT While pervasive racial and ethnic inequalities in access to care and health status have been documented, potential underlying causes, such as patients' perceptions of their physicians, have not been explored as thoroughly. OBJECTIVE To assess whether a person's race or ethnicity is associated with low trust in the physician. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS Data were obtained from ...

Background Physician care influences patient satisfaction. Inherent physician attributes may also affect scores. Objective To determine the relationship between physician characteristics and patient satisfaction regarding physician care and communication. Method Observational retrospective study. We examined patient satisfaction surveys from inpatient adults across 9 questions (HCAHPS: Cour...

The Internet has given rise to amazing medical resources for physicians and patients, but it has also created some serious obstacles to doctorpatient relationships. One potential obstacle is your online reputation. In the past, managing one’s reputation in the media was primarily the concern of celebrities, politicians, and other famous people. Today, about 30 percent of all online searches are...

BACKGROUND Race consciousness (the frequency with which one thinks about his or her own race) is a measure that may be useful in assessing whether racial discrimination negatively impacts blood pressure (BP). However, the relation between race consciousness and BP has yet to be empirically tested, especially within the context of the patient-physician relationship and medication adherence. ME...

OBJECTIVES To describe how physicians coordinate patient care for specialty referrals and to examine the effects of these activities on referring physicians' satisfaction with the specialty care their patients receive and referral completion. DESIGN AND METHODS Prospective study of a consecutive sample of referrals (N = 963) made from the offices of 122 pediatricians in 85 practices in a nati...

BACKGROUND In jurisdictions that permit euthanasia or physician-assisted suicide, patients with cancer comprise the largest group to die by these methods. We investigated the personal attitudes toward these practices of patients receiving palliative care for advanced cancer. METHODS Seventy patients (32 men and 38 women; median survival, 44.5 days) took part in a survey using in-depth semistr...