Patient education and counseling
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(1) To determine surrogates perceptions about who made the decision to place the feeding tube and who they would have preferred to have made the decision. (2) To determine surrogates' perceptions of the information they received to make this decision. ⋯ These results suggest that physicians may be justified in taking a more active role in feeding tube decisions with surrogates and that many surrogates desire more information than is required by standards of informed decision making.
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Medical educators and researchers recommend a patient-centered interviewing style, but little empirical data exists regarding what aspects of physician communication patients like and why. We investigated patient responses to videotaped doctor-patient vignettes to ascertain what they liked about patient-centered and biomedical communication. ⋯ Better understanding the diversity of patient communication preferences may lead to more effective and individualized care.
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Controlled Clinical Trial
Does physician-patient communication that aims at empowering patients improve clinical outcome? A case study.
A case study at the department for heart surgery of an Austrian University Hospital in 2001, examined the outcome of improved communication aimed at empowering patients to be more effective co-producers of recuperation after surgery. ⋯ Staff training and reorganization of communication schemes can be an effective intervention in hospital care.
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To describe the challenges for immigrant patients and their physicians and their skills in intercultural communication (ICC). ⋯ Providing physicians with formal training in intercultural communication and empowerment training for patients is likely to improve the quality of care of immigrants.