Patient-centered approach can backfire
...tients who experience a mismatch between their own expectations and preferences for the medical encounter and what... to follow treatment recommendations because their expectations weren't met at the appointment. "We know from other research that, in general, when people's expec...Nationwide data highlight encouraging trends, 'staggering' costs of ESRD
... Dr. Foley. "For example, improvements in survival expectations and increased use of fistulas for hemodialysis represent progress. In contrast, ever-increasing numbers of new patients with ESRD tend to suggest that preventive care and health policy practices have been less than optimal." In 2004, the most recen...Happier hospitals means healthier patients
...tions are: The NHS should set the direction and expectations for the service, but allow individual trusts to develop their own metrics. Chief Executives should stop moving from trust to trust and where they do move, should ensure a succession plan is in place to conserve productive relationships rather th...Polish journalist scoops first prize in prestigious European award
...imple language, a human tone, far from unrealistic expectations and false alarms. A further two journalists were specially commended by the Best Cancer Reporter Award jury for the courage in writing their own cancer story in order to raise awareness about the challenges faced daily by cancer patients: Eric Baum...Personal comments by physicians distract from patient needs
...althy through her 80s. I would tell people their expectations could be higher and use my mother as an example, Beckman said. In subsequent visits, they asked about my mother. That was great until her health began to decline then I had to tell them she was not well. That frightened them. If I couldnt help my own...Study: Who claims to be a pediatrician?
...ic Health. "Parents have the right to have high expectations for the physicians they have entrusted with their child's care. They should feel empowered to ask physicians if they are board certified in their field of expertise," he says. Parents also can go online to check a pediatrician's board certification ...Dentists need more training in oral cancer detection
... around while they are examining a patient. "The expectations are not clear for what dentists should do in regards to oral cancer. We need to identify what the best practices are. There is still a lot of work to be done to get there."...Telephone 'quitlines' may help dental patients stop smoking
...l practitioners can close the gap between patients expectations and the current standard of practice."...Hepatitis B patients' understanding of infection and treatment deficient
...more about risk factors, modes of transmission and expectations regarding antiviral therapy, said Dr. Steven-Huy Han, associate clinical professor of medicine and surgery in the division of digestive diseases at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and a consultant for both Idenix and Novartis. The study...Follow-up care for breast cancer patients is 'devalued and deregulated'
...care that are both patient-focused and satisfy the expectations of all relevant parties."...Parents and schools, major factors in China obesity boom
...with clear communication and realistic behavioural expectations is imperative in a child's development and healthy behaviour. It provides motivation for the child, allows the parents to help establish healthy behaviours and reinforces self-regulation, thereby allowing the child to develop new and healthy activiti......sis that healthcare workers (HCWs) perceptions and expectations about their role in disaster response influence th...spital disaster plans address HCWs perceptions and expectations about their role in disaster response. This study is the first to specifically investigate key psyc...New book provides unprecedented look at role of religion over a lifetime
...ouraged," the researchers said. "There were strong expectations that young people would not simply attend Sunday school classes but also actively participate and assume social and leadership responsibilities in mixed-gender young people's societies." The researchers attribute the drop-off in religiousness in mi...'Marked departure' in Medicare practice of paying physicians in Geriatric Care Improvement Act
...-making and feedback is sought to ensure patients' expectations are being met Information technology is utilized appropriately to support optimal patient care, performance measurement, patient education, and enhanced communication Practices go through a voluntary recognition process by an appropriate non...Significant rise in proportion of chronically ill children dying in intensive care
..."It is equally possible that parental and societal expectations regarding childrens good health and long life spans prompts them to seek aggressive curative care despite the benefits of such a course being unclear," they say. But they conclude that death in intensive care is a highly distressing experience for...Outdated policies are impediment for Americans with disabilities
... care professionals and institutions that describe expectations for compliance with the ADA. Compliance with federal accessibility standards and guidelines should be an explicit factor in the accreditation of hospitals and clinics....Medicalize me: Experts look at how our perceptions of illness are shaped
...ds, but they should talk about the options and the expectations that they have, and how realistic those expectations may be and then decide whether the medicine is right. In addition to Metzl and Hertzig, the essa...New angiogenesis inhibitor has promise for treating deadly brain tumor
.... While the earliest clinical trials did not meet expectations that these drugs would 'starve' tumors, the agents did improve patient survival when combined with traditional anticancer therapies. Three such drugs have received FDA approval for the treatment of certain tumors, and several others are under invest...Study suggests hip fractures not caused by benzodiazepine use after all
... hip fracture risk. "Our study suggests that these expectations are not justified," says Soumerai. Additionally, if benzodiazepine medications are abruptly terminated, as may be the case when people lose coverage of a drug, negative effects can occur, such as withdrawal reactions, seizures, emergency department ...... Secondly, while Danes are very satisfied, their expectations for the coming year are rather low. In contrast, I... which rank low on life satisfaction, rank high on expectations for the year to come, together with Swedes and Finns. The causes of the stolid depth of Danish wel...