BACKGROUND Physician empathy is both theoretically and empirically critical to patient health, but research indicates that empathy declines throughout medical school and is lower than ideal among physicians. In this paper, we synthesize the published literature regarding interventions that were quantitatively evaluated to detect changes in empathy among medical students, residents, fellows and ...

INTRODUCTION Under Charcot's leadership, La Salpêtrière was transformed into one of the world's top neurology centres. However, there is little information regarding the patient care facilities which Charcot would have encountered upon his arrival in 1862. DEVELOPMENT A paper published in 1860 by Spanish physician Pedro González Velasco following a visit to that famous hospital is a valuable ...

The New Jersey Legislature authorized the licensing of Physician Assistants (PAs) in 1991. These mid-level practitioners have been useful as “physician extenders” in both office and hospital settings. In primary care and surgical specialties, PAs can undertake diagnostic evaluations, manage inpatient care and function as a hospitalist, assist in surgery or invasive procedures and can perform so...

Under the Physician Payment Sunshine Act (PPSA), payments to physicians from pharmaceutical, biologics, and medical device manufacturers will be disclosed on a national, publicly available website. To inform the development of the federal website, we evaluated 21 existing state and industry disclosure websites. The presentation formats and language used suggest that industry websites are aimed ...

I presume that I do not need to write about the rationale for improving physician relations. Although, publicly, healthcare leaders tell me that they serve at the pleasure of the board, privately, they tell me that they serve at the pleasure of the medical staff as well. At an ACHE seminar I led in 2005, “Practical Strategies for Engaging Physicians,” one hospital CEO confided: “If I have a pro...

background: medical liability systems play an important role on doctors’ everyday practices and their relationship with patients. they can be established in two ways, fault-based and non-fault. basing medical liability upon the element of fault links it to various issues of medical ethics.  in this paper, we have studied the possible ways each system, could affect the applicability of values an...

Background and Objectives: Empathy is a key element of physician-patient relations, playing a significant role in effectiveness of health care. This study aimed to evaluate the level of empathy of specialist physicians and advise strategies to promote empathy. Methods: All 142 specialist physicians practicing in teaching hospitals of Zanjan City (No...

background: many of health system services are done in clinical counseling. a patient’s expectation of clinical consultation and physician office visits is to obtain diagnostic-remedial results, while such an expectation can be fulfilled only through an active relationship between the doctor and the patient. the aim of this study is to evaluate the quality of doctor- patient interaction in an e...

Background: This study aimed to determine the relationship between self-care and physician-patient relations in patients with Heart Failure (HF). cross-sectional was conducted on 200 HF, referring outpatient clinics affiliated Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Iran. Utilizing a systematic random sampling method, were selected from those who had made intake appointments. The Physician-Patie...

background and aim: relationship is an essential aspect of human life. during the course of illnesses and hospitalization, student-patient relationship significantly contributes to patient satisfaction and nursing care quality. the objective of the present study was to identify the factors affecting student-patient relationship from the perspectives of patients. materials and methods: this desc...