UW study shows blacks and Latinos are more satisfied with physicians of the same race
...cism in the health care system prefer and are more satisfied with physicians from the same race or ethnicity, according to a new study published in the March-April edition of the Annals of Family Medicine. In analyzing a national survey of more than 3,800 blacks, Latinos and whites, Dr. Frederick Chen, acting...March/April 2005 Annals of Family Medicine tip sheet
...cism in the health care system prefer and are more satisfied with physicians from the same race or ethnicity, according to a new study. Analyzing a national survey of more than 3,800 blacks, Latinos and whites, Chen and colleagues find that nearly one quarter of blacks and one third of Latinos prefer that thei...Consumers with disabilities empowered by American Disabilities Act
...rceived greater access to the marketplace are more satisfied with life and the more consumers with disabilities interact in the market place, the more satisfied with life they are. "This indicates the value behind efforts designed to empower consumers with dis...Job satisfaction? Not much for Britain's hard slog 'robot' workers
...e range of 1 to 4. Professor Green said: "The most satisfied employee is one who is in a secure job, with a high level of individual discretion and participation in decision-making, but not requiring highly intensive work effort. They will be well-matched to their job in terms of both qualifications and hours ...Third of European cancer patients use complementary and alternative therapies
...d via the internet. Overall, patients tended to be satisfied and felt their particular therapy was effective, with only 3% saying it was useless. On a scale of 0-7, the mean satisfaction rating was 5.27 and the mean perceived effectiveness rating was 5.04. Fourteen patients (4.4%) reported side-effects, mostly...Feb. 1, 2005, Annals of Internal Medicine tip sheet
...icle, p. 165). Patients treated at home were more satisfied with their overall care. The patients at low risk for complications were identified using a commonly used scoring system, the Pneumonia Severity Index. An editorial writer says that the decision to treat a patient with community-acquired pneumonia at...Good medicine, good economics: African-Americans need equal treatment for pain, SLU study finds
...tlement and disability rating, they were also less satisfied with the Workers' Compensation process and reporte...l and socioeconomic lines, claimants would be more satisfied with their experience and better off in the long run. The point of the system is to return people to...January/February Annals of Family Medicine tip sheet
...nts were significantly more likely to report being satisfied with the quality of care they provide and with their ability to serve the needs of their patients. Physician Conceptions of Responsibility to Individual Patients and Distributive Justice in Health Care By Mary Catherine Beach, M.D., M.P.H., et al ...Annual mammogram, doctor visits are enough for breast cancer follow-up
... cancers. However, patients were more likely to be satisfied with care by their general practitioner. Despite studies indicating that routine physical exams are effective follow-up care, the National Cancer Institute's treatment recommendations to health professionals notes that "the appropriateness of screeni...Study explores antibiotic misuse
...atients asking questions such as whether they were satisfied with their visit, thought they needed antibiotics and understood why the doctor didn't prescribe antibiotics if he didn't. Year two recently started and is about education, including stepping up Dr. Wilde's educational forums with health care p...Study finds women hesitant to take tamoxifen as preventive measure
...-making, in order to help women feel confident and satisfied with their treatment choice." Tamoxifen belongs to a class of drugs known as selective estrogen receptor modulators or SERMS, which work by preventing the hormone estrogen from binding to breast cancer cells, and thereby helping to halt the growth of...Decision to take tamoxifen difficult for many women
...-making, in order to help women feel confident and satisfied with their treatment choice." Tamoxifen has be...gical distress influenced whether or not they were satisfied with their decision. Women who cited fewer sources of information were more likely to feel dissatis...Surgeons pinch more than an inch from the arm to rebuild a micropenis
... Following surgery, all patients were found to be satisfied with the cosmetic appearance of their penis, with four patients able to urinate standing up and four able to have regular sexual intercourse. However, in several cases multiple complications arose, such as an infection or a shift in the cylinder posi...Employees bring bad moods home, but they disappear by morning
... In general, research has shown that employees are satisfied with their jobs on average about 70 percent to 80 percent of the time, he said. Expressing how one's day has gone may provide a catharsis for people, Judge said. By getting things off their chests, they are able to deal with them and move on, he s...Dairy Council of California program receives high marks from teachers & students
...the lessons. The majority of teachers were highly satisfied with the program components and outcomes, and plan to use it again....Holiday feasting could sabotage liposuction results
...ize, causing them to be 15 times more likely to be satisfied with their results and have improved long-term outcomes, the study concludes. "Liposuction should be used as an adjunct to living a healthy lifestyle rather than as a weight loss tool," said Dr. Rohrich. "My practice turns away approximately one...Gastric bypass works for GERD and obesity in patients with prior surgery, says Pitt study
...all patients did well with zero mortality and were satisfied with their condition during the follow-up period, suggesting that the long-term outcome of laparoscopic gastric bypass in obese patients who had previous antireflux surgery is promising. There also was a significant improvement of GERD symptoms follo...Survey suggests majority of women surgeons satisfied in their profession
...t of women surgeons in Austria reported being very satisfied or satisfied in their professional situation, according to an article in the November issue of The Archives of S...Delays in test result reviewing common
...st results are common, and many physicians are not satisfied with how they are able to manage test results, acc...ults, only 41 percent of physicians reported being satisfied with how they managed test results," the article states. The features physicians most wanted to hel......ared to intensive injection therapy." Parents were satisfied with the pumps; 95 percent of families continued use of the device after the six-month study was completed. "It remains to be seen whether the benefit of insulin pump therapy in terms of flexibility and convenience justify the increased costs for ver...