A considerable amount of recent medical research focuses on factors involving patient satisfaction. This study attempts to examine the role of autonomy in the gynecologist-patient relationship as it relates to patient satisfaction. Fifty-five patients at a women's clinic completed measures assessing autonomy preference (API) before the medical visit and patient-perceived autonomy support (HCCQ)...

AIMS To analyse the possible associations between sweet preference and the efficacy of naltrexone treatment of alcohol dependence. METHODS The preference for different concentrations of sucrose was evaluated in 78 participants diagnosed with alcohol dependence after treatment for 32 weeks with naltrexone or placebo without prior detoxification. RESULTS A significant difference between naltr...

OBJECTIVES The importance of professional attitudes in medical care has long been recognized; however, medical training has not stressed attitude development until recently. In previous studies among medical students, we found that gender and specialty preference are important factors in attitudes. In this study, patient-centredness of trainees in general practice and surgery and of final-year ...

The maturing science of the causes and consequences of boarding of admitted patients demonstrates unequivocally the dangers the patient may face when entering a crowded emergency department (ED). 1 Even the demonstration of increased mortality rates associated with crowding 2,3 has not compelled the hospital industry as a whole to implement policies and procedures to ameliorate crowding. Howeve...