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Can refocusing conversations between doctors and their patients lead to better health Despite modern medicines infatuation with hightech gadgetry the single most powerful diagnostic tool is the doctorpatient conversation which can uncover the lions share of illnesses However what patients say and what doctors hear are often two vastly different thingsPatients anxious to convey their symptoms feel an urgency to make their case to their doctors Doctors under pressure to be efficient multitask while patients speak and often miss the key elements Add in stereotypes unconscious bias conflicting agendas and fear of lawsuits and the risk of misdiagnosis and medical errors multiplies dangerouslyThough the gulf between what patients say and what doctors hear is often wide Dr Danielle Ofri proves that it doesnt have to be Through the powerfully resonant human stories that Dr Ofris writing is renowned for she explores the highstakes world of doctorpatient communication that we all must navigate Reporting on the latest research studies and interviewing scholars doctors and patients Dr Ofri reveals how better communication can lead to better health for all of us. The GMC regulates doctors this means our job is to protect promote and maintain the health and safety of the public by ensuring proper standards in the practice of medicine One of the ways in which we do this is by keeping a register of all doctors Tina Bui. Ho Chi Minh City,. Vietnam. Objectives. To learn about the reproductive health . . needs of Vietnamese women. To understand barriers that women face to quality reproductive healthcare, specifically in regards to contraception. !. . Joann G. Elmore, MD, MPH. Professor of Medicine, . Adjunct Professor of Epidemiology. History of . Medical Records. Prior . Research . on . Medical Records and . OpenNotes. Myths . About . OpenNotes. Effects on the Public and the ProfessionJohn E Anderson MD JHUSOM 14672 JHMI Nephrology retired 2010Board of DirectorsDocentEditor of Dials and Channels 2608 Mitchellville Rd Bowie MD 20716NCRTVORGBri Dr. Francis A. . Abantanga. MD, PhD. Professor of . Paediatric. Surgery. Dean, . School of Medicine & Health Sciences, University for Development Studies,. Tamale, Ghana.. Ghana is divided into 10 administrative regions. \"Smart, funny, clear, unflinching: Ben Goldacre is my hero. —Mary Roach, author of Stiff, Spook, and
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We like to imagine that medicine is based on evidence and the results of fair testing and clinical trials. In reality, those tests and trials are often profoundly flawed. We like to imagine that doctors who write prescriptions for everything from antidepressants to cancer drugs to heart medication are familiar with the research literature about these drugs, when in reality much of the research is hidden from them by drug companies. We like to imagine that doctors are impartially educated, when in reality much of their education is funded by the pharmaceutical industry. We like to imagine that regulators have some code of ethics and let only effective drugs onto the market, when in reality they approve useless drugs, with data on side effects casually withheld from doctors and patients. All these problems have been shielded from public scrutiny because they are too complex to capture in a sound bite. Ben Goldacre shows that the true scale of this murderous disaster fully reveals itself only when the details are untangled. He believes we should all be able to understand precisely how data manipulation works and how research misconduct in the medical industry affects us on a global scale. With Goldacre\'s characteristic flair and a forensic attention to detail, Bad Pharma reveals a shockingly broken system in need of regulation. This is the pharmaceutical industry as it has never been seen before.\" A revealing and thoughtful portrayal of the physician-patient relationship and how doctors feel about their patients, disease, and the profession from a retired internist who practiced medicine for more than thirty years in New York City. A retired doctor draws on his experience to plead the cause of doctors persuasively, compassionately, and often humorously (Publishers Weekly), examining such complex issues as terminal illness, doctors\' bills, and malpractice, as well as the strengths and failings of the doctor-patient relationship. Surprising firsthand accounts from the front lines of abortion provision [?] reveal the persistent cultural, political, and economic hurdles to access. More than thirty-five years after women won the right to legal abortion, stories of limited access to abortion are still familiar yet most people have little idea of just how inaccessible it has become. While a majority of Americans support safe and legal abortion, the pervasive stigma—cultivated by the religious right—continues to shame women and marginalize abortion providers in their own professional communities.Reproductive-health researcher Carole Joffe has studied abortion provision for more than thirty years. In Dispatches from the Abortion Wars, she relays on-the-ground stories of doctors grappling with the obstacles of providing abortion care for their patients: from skirting draconian state regulations to negotiating with intransigent insurance companies or having to beg superiors for the right to perform medically necessary abortions in-hospital. Joffe brings these examples to vivid life, reporting the lived experiences behind the polemics.Dispatches from the Abortion Wars also offers hope for real change, pointing the way to a more compassionate standard of women’s health care—one that responds to the needs of the individual and trusts women to make their own moral choices. Can refocusing conversations between doctors and their patients lead to better health? Despite modern medicine\'s infatuation with high-tech gadgetry, the single most powerful diagnostic tool is the doctor-patient conversation, which can uncover the lion\'s share of illnesses. However, what patients say and what doctors hear are often two vastly different things.Patients, anxious to convey their symptoms, feel an urgency to make their case to their doctors. Doctors, under pressure to be efficient, multitask while patients speak and often miss the key elements. Add in stereotypes, unconscious bias, conflicting agendas, and fear of lawsuits and the risk of misdiagnosis and medical errors multiplies dangerously.Though the gulf between what patients say and what doctors hear is often wide, Dr. Danielle Ofri proves that it doesn\'t have to be. Through the powerfully resonant human stories that Dr. Ofri\'s writing is renowned for, she explores the high-stakes world of doctor-patient communication that we all must navigate. Reporting on the latest research studies and interviewing scholars, doctors, and patients, Dr. Ofri reveals how better communication can lead to better health for all of us. For millennia poets have described the ailments of the body and those who treat them. Infused with hope, heartbreak, and unexpected humor, this book gathers diverse poems about our medical experiences poems about doctors and patients, remedies and procedures, illnesses and convalescence each one prescribing a unique perspective and new revelations. A literary elixir, Poetry in Medicine showcases not only the breadth of poetry s relationship to medicine, but also the genre s unparalleled capacity to heal us. Contributors include Auden, Baudelaire, Berryman, Blake, Bishop, Boland, Campo, Cavafy, Clampitt, Chaucer, Clifton, Cummings, Dickinson, Donne, Conan Doyle, Eliot, Frost, Gunn, Hall, Hass, Hayden, Hirsch, Heaney, O. W. Holmes, Kooser, Larkin, Longfellow, Lowell, Merrill, Milne, Milton, Nash, Ovid, Pinsky, Plath, Rilke, Shakespeare, Seshardi, Sexton, Stevens, Szymborska, Whitman, Williams, Yeats, et al. This is a book written across the grain of contemporary ethics, where the principle of autonomy has triumphed.It is an attempt to see the law of medicine, the principles of bioethics, and the encounter between doctor and patient from the patient\'s point of view. While Schneider agrees that many patients now want to make their own medical decisions, and virtually all want to be treated with dignity and solicitude, he argues that most do not want to assume the full burden of decision-making that some bioethicists and lawyers have thrust upon them. What patients want, according to Schneider, is more ambiguous, complicated, and ambivalent than being empowered. In this book he tries to chart that ambiguity, to take the autonomy paradigm past current pieties into the uncertain realities of modern medicine. The verbal and nonverbal exchanges that take place between doctor and patient affect both participants, and can result in a range of positive or negative psychological reactions-including comfort, alarm, irritation, or resolve. This updated edition of a widely popular book sets out specific principles and recommendations for improving doctor-patient communications. It describes the process of communication, analyzes social and psychological factors that color doctor-patient exchanges, and details changes that can benefit both parties.Medical visits are often less effective and satisfying than they would be if doctors and patients better understood the communication most needed for attainment of mutual health goals. The verbal and nonverbal exchanges that take place between doctor and patient affect both participants, and can result in a range of positive or negative psychological reactions-including comfort, alarm, irritation, or resolve. Talk, on both verbal and non-verbal levels, is shown by extensive research to have far-reaching impact.This updated edition of a widely popular book helps us understand this vital issue, and facilitate communications that will mean more effective medical care and happier, healthier consumers. Roter and Hall set out specific principles and recommendations for improving doctor-patient relationships. They describe the process of communication, analyze social and psychological factors that color doctor-patient exchanges, and detail changes that can benefit both parties. Here are needed encouragement and principles of action vital to doctors and patients alike. far-reaching impact. The health-care system in the United States is by far the most expensive in the world, yet its outcomes are decidedly mediocre in comparison with those of other countries. Poor communication between doctors and patients, Dennis Rosen argues, is at the heart of this disparity, a pervasive problem that damages the well-being of the patient and the integrity of the health-care system and society.Drawing upon research in biomedicine, sociology, and anthropology and integrating personal stories from his medical practice in three different countries (and as a patient), Rosen shows how important good communication between physicians and patients is to high-quality--and less-expensive--care. Without it, treatment adherence and preventive services decline, and the rates of medical complications, hospital readmissions, and unnecessary testing and procedures rise. Rosen illustrates the consequences of these problems from both the caregiver and patient perspectives and explores the socioeconomic and cultural factors that cause important information to be literally lost in translation. He concludes with a prescriptive chapter aimed at building the cultural competencies and communication skills necessary for higher-quality, less-expensive care, making it more satisfying for all involved. Decision Making?. Chandler Jordan. South Carolina Council on Economic Education. Chandler.Jordan@moore.sc.edu. Available . NOW. on EconEdLink. Ethics, Economics, and Social Issues. . Lesson Name. .