Doctorpatient Relationship

How The 'Telephone Game' Approach To Medical Care Harms Patients

Marc E. Agronin | Posted 05.30.2012

Read More: Medical Records, Medical Errors, Doctor/Patient Relationship, Medical Costs, Elderly Care, Doctor Patient Communication, Health Post50, Fifty News

Helen's shortness of breath forced a trip to the emergency room. Over a seven-day course of treatment Helen was handed from one doctor to the next, accumulating a patchwork team of six doctors who worked sequentially rather than together.

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How Close Is Too Close?

Alexandra Pisano | Posted 05.10.2012

Read More: Medical Ethics, Professional Ethics, Nursing Ethics, Patient Doctor Relationship, Nurse/Patient Relationship, Doctor Patient Relationship, Doctors Patients, Doctor/Patient Relationship, Doctors Ethics, Chicago News

The surgeon saved your life. Do you hug him to say thank you? Do you let the nurse who delivered your healthy baby hug you?

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Are Doctors Shortchanging Black Patients? Racial Bias May Be To Blame, Report Says

HuffingtonPost.com | Jessica Cumberbatch Anderson | Posted 05.03.2012

Read More: Medical Care, Doctor Patient Relationship, Racial Bias, Doctor/Patient Relationship, Patient Care, Black Voices News

The average time most doctors spend with their patients during each visit is just 20 minutes, according to 2009 estimates by the National Center for H...

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Obamacare Is Not the Only Health Care Law in Town

Spencer Aronfeld | Posted 04.09.2012

Read More: Doctor/Patient Relationship, Medical Malpractice, Medical Malpractice Reform, Medical Malpractice Law, Path Act, Protecting Access to Health Care Act, Miami News

I hope that Americans are not too distracted by the Obamacare debate to allow H.R. 5 to pass the Senate.

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Just What the Patient Ordered

Howard A. Zucker, MD | Posted 05.30.2012

Read More: Doctors Day, Doctors, Doctor/Patient Relationship, National Doctors Day 2012, National Doctors Day, Health Care Law, Med School, Affordable Care Act, Health Care Reform, Health Care, Medicine, Health Care System, Aging Doctors, Aging, Impact News

Was Marcus Welby better able to treat the entire patient than Dr. House? It is time for America to create an oral history of the medical profession. These gray-haired physicians may illuminate how we might meld the best of the past and the promise of the future of medicine.

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What's In a Name: What Should Patients and Doctors Call Each Other?

Richard C. Senelick, M.D. | Posted 05.19.2012

Read More: Healthy Living Health News, Doctors, Doctor/Patient Relationship, Doctor Patient Communication, Patient Attituides, Patients, Informality in Health Care, Personal Health, Doctor Patient Relationship, Health Care, Healthy Living News

The doctor/patient relationship is highly personal and complex. The physician must maintain a professional rapport and the patient's dignity, respect the person's privacy, and convey an impression of competence.

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Police Say They Catch Hospital Worker Sexually Assaulting Unconscious Patient

The Huffington Post | Andy Campbell | Posted 01.30.2012

Read More: Utah Crime, Doctor Patient Sexual Assault, Primary Care, Nurse Sexual Abuse, Cops Witness Abuse, Doctor/Patient Relationship, Sexual Assault, Crime News

Utah police say they caught a hospital worker in the act of sexually assaulting an unconscious patient. Cops in Logan say they brought an extremely...

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Are Med Schools Ignoring LGBT Health?

HuffingtonPost.com | Catherine Pearson | Posted 11.06.2011

Read More: Lgbt, LGBT Health Care, Video, Med School, LGBT Health Issues, Healthy-Living-Health-News, Medical School, Doctors, Doctor/Patient Relationship, LGBT Health, Healthy Living News

Medical students spend hours learning about human health, behavior and how to provide good patient care. But when it comes to caring for lesbian, gay,...

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How Doctors Should Deliver Bad News

Richard C. Senelick, M.D. | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Doctor/Patient Relationship, Doctor Patient Relationship, Doctor-Patient Relationship, Doctor Patient Communication, Home News

As a neurologist who specializes in rehabilitation there have been countless times in my career when I have had to deliver terrible news to a patient or family.

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6 Things Your Doctor Should Never Say (PHOTOS)

Richard C. Senelick, M.D. | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Doctor/Patient Relationship, Medicine, Health, Patient Care, Doctor Patient Relationship, Doctors, Personal Health, Doctor Patient Communication, Slidepollajax, Home News

You would think that after 35 years of being in practice and having made the same mistake before, I would know better. It may be why they call it medi...

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Medical Students to Senate Republicans: Repeal Is Not the Solution to Our Health Care Crisis

Iyah Romm | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Medical Students, Health Care Reform, Medical Costs, Health Insurance, Doctor/Patient Relationship, Healthcare Reform, Health Care, Obama Health Care, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Healthcare, Politics News

The overwhelming majority of physicians agree that key provisions of the Affordable Care Act will improve access to health care services for millions of Americans.

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How Empathy Can Help Empower Patients

Barbara Ficarra | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Patient Engagement, Empathy, Doctor/Patient Relationship, Empowered Patient, Empowered Patients, Nurse/Patient Relationship, Empathetic, Home News

It is with empathy that we can engage and empower our patients. With empathy and heart we can help our patients feel good, valued and respected.

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Meet Dr. Chan

Danielle Ofri, MD, PhD | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Patient, Doctor, Doctor/Patient Relationship, Medicine, Video, New York News

Dr. Chan and Mrs. Geng (not their real names) eased out of their chairs in the waiting room using their matching wooden canes, the kind distributed by...

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4 Habits That Revolutionize A Doctor's Visit

Riva Greenberg | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Health Care Reform, Patients, Doctor/Patient Relationship, Kaiser Permanente, Empathy, Health Care, Health, Healthy Living News

Medical training tends to emphasize biomedical knowledge. Research shows that a physician's interpersonal skills need to be as strong as their technical expertise.

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Doctors Silent on Risks

Gary Liberson, PhD | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Avandia, Diabetes, Fda, Doctor/Patient Relationship, Risk, Healthy Living News

There is an old Yiddish joke about a judge who asks the foreman of the jury whether the jury had reached a decision. The foreman says: "Yes, your ho...

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8 Ways To Help Your Doctor Meet Your Expectations

Richard C. Senelick, M.D. | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Expectations, Patients, Doctor/Patient Relationship, Health, How-to-Make-the-Most-of-Doctor-Visit, Herb Cohen, Getting Things Done, Albert Ellis, Personal Health, Physician, Negotiating, Health Care, Healthy Living News

You are upset, feel "blown off" and no closer to a solution for your problem. What went wrong? You knew what you wanted going in to the visit, why did you come out empty handed?

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How To Maximize Your Doctor's Visit

Barbara Ficarra | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Communication, Patient Engagement, Health, Doctors, Empowered Patient, Doctor/Patient Relationship, Empowered Health Consumer, Wellness, Healthy Living News

Many of us have left a doctor's appointment and realized that we forgot to ask him or her an important question. Here are a few tips to take with you on your next visit to the doctor.

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10 Mindfulness Tips For Doctors And Patients

Riva Greenberg | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Doctors, Diabetes, Chronic Illness, Doctor/Patient Relationship, Health Care, Mindfulness, Smarter Ideas, Healthy Living News

Mindfulness is the act of paying full conscious attention to whatever you're doing in the present moment; Imagine how different an interaction would be between a mindful doctor and patient.

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Should Patients Read Doctor's Notes? Wrong Question.

Roni Zeiger | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Medical Records, Doctor/Patient Relationship, Patients, Health Care, Health, Electronic Medical Records, Healthy Living News

The discussion about doctor's notes might seem silly, since for many years we've had the right to go to the medical records department and get copies of our records. Instead, we should walk into the doctor's office with a video camera or tape recorder.

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Charting Changes in the Doctor-Patient Relationship

Craig Garner | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Doctor Patient Relationship, Doctors and Patients, Doctor, Doctor/Patient Relationship, Health, Doctor Patient Relationships, Wellness, Healthy Living News

As the relationship between physicians and their patients continues to shift, it is important for both sides to remember that the practice of health care is a partnership as well as a profession.

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Can A Health Scare Be A Good Thing For Your Health?

Thomas Goetz | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Wired Magazine, Health, Thomas Goetz, Health Care Reform, Health Tips, Health Care Crisis, Doctor/Patient Relationship, Health Care, Decision Tree, Wellness, Healthy Living News

What does the doctor need to say to trigger you to do those things that you probably already know you should do? What sort of information would compel you to take action?

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Doctors Warned Not To Answer Patients' Sexual Advances On Facebook

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Facebook Sex, Doctors Patients, Doctor/Patient Relationship, Facebook Doctors, Sexual Advances, Facebook, Technology News

LONDON — A British medical organization that advises doctors on avoiding malpractice cases is warning them not to respond to messages from patie...

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Are You An Informed Patient?

Dr. Elaine Schattner | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Informed Patient, Medical Communication, Future of Medicine, Doctor/Patient Relationship, Medical Decisions, Medical Information, Health Care, Health, Healthy Living News

One lesson of the past decade is that facts - scientific and medical - aren't always clear. Rather, they're messy and often difficult to interpret, even upon expert examination.

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Dying Wishes Followed More Often For Whites

forbes.com | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: End of Life Care, Health, Death and Dying, Cancer, Patients, Doctor/Patient Relationship, Cancer Patients, End of Life, Death, Healthy Living News

Dying white cancer patients are more likely than black patients to have their end-of-life wishes respected, a new U.S. study shows. Some black patien...

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Therapeutic Intention In The Doctor's Office

Bernie Siegel, M.D. | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: The Inner Life, Anesthesia, Relationships, Therapeutic Intention, Alternative Therapies, Health, Doctor/Patient Relationship, Music, Wellness, Healthy Living News

The intention of the doctor, therapist, waiter or whomever is important. Several studies have shown the benefits of the correct and appropriate therapeutic intention on the person being cared for.

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