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...

Abstract Background Physician-patient communication behavior (PPCB) is the primary process by which medical decision-making occurs and health outcome depends. differences may partly from ethnic disparities. To examine this problem, study aims to explore whether physician-patient differs ethnicity during care consultations. Methods The was conducted among Bengali minority patients ( N = 850) who...