Factors which influence doctor-patient communication
The setting: requirements
Privacy
Comfortable surroundings
An appropriate setting arrangement
Factors which influence doctor-patient communication
Patient-related factors (patient’s feel at that time)
Physical symptoms
Psychological factors related to illness and/or medical care (e.g. anxiety., depression, anger, denial)
Previous experience of medical care
Current experience of m read more
Having good friends can do wonders for your health, research shows. A life of booze, fags and slothfulness may be enough to earn your doctor’s disapproval, but there is one last hope: a repeat prescription of mates and good conversation.
A circle of close friends and strong family ties can boost a person’s health more than exercise, losing weight or quitting cigarettes and alcohol, psychologists say.
Sociable people seem to reap extra rewards from their relationships by read more
Do you have problems with erection? Erectile disorders aren’t quite rare, especially in those men who have blood sugar problems and diabetes. Erectile dysfunction is the most common sexual disorder in men, which is characterized by the decreased ability to get and keep erections hard enough for having penetrative sex. Despite the fact that ED has a purely physical manifestation, it is a psychological problem too, as it affects a man’s overall quality of life and causes relationship read more
Pregnant women need no longer give up their morning cup of coffee. A research review by The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists had found that moderate caffeine consmption probably won’t increase the risk of a miscarriage or premature
birth.
Until recently, studies have had conflicting findings about the effect of moderate caffeine consumption on pregnancy complications but a College committee has reviewed the evidence.
“I think it’s time to comfortably read more
It’s not a laughing matter. Fear really can stalk the night. You can be lying in bed, enjoying the moment as sleep slowly overtakes you at the end of tiring day when, with just the merest warning, the pain can strike, usually in the calves. Or you can be jerked unceremoniously from sleep. Nothing seems to protect you. You wonder about hanging garlic above the windows, but reject it. You experiment with temperature, adding or rejecting coverings. But cramp is not to be frightened away like read more
A major public threat for more than 28 million Americans. 80 % are women.
One in 2 women and One in 8 men over 50 will have an osteoporosis related fracture.
The estimated cost for osteoporosis and associated fractures is 38 million a day!
What is it?
A disease in which bones become fragile and more likely to break.
Breaks usually occur in the hip, spine and wrist
What causes osteoporosis?
Scientist have not yet learned all the reasons this occurs.
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Breaking bad news is an inevitable part of medical practice
Most of us worry about ability to communicate
Relationship between doctor and patient important to focus in communications skills
WHAT IS A BAD NEWS..??
Why is it difficult to give bad news??
may feel responsible and fears being blamed
not knowing how best to do it
possible inhibition
reluctance to change the exiting doctor-patient relationship
Fear of upsetting the patient’s e read more
Do you know the difference between stomach flu and influenza? “Stomach flu” is a popular term but not the true medical diagnosis. The proper medical term for stomach flu is gastroenteritis.
Sometimes people mistake symptoms of stomach flu or gastroenteritis for the viral infection we commonly call “flu,” which has symptoms of fever, congestion, muscle aches, and fatigue. Learn more about stomach flu and influenza so you can recognize flu symptoms and seek proper tr read more
Whenever anything goes wrong with the children, we all want to blame the parents. See an out-of-control teen and the instinctive responses all kick in. Broken marriage, broken children. While there may be some justice in this when it comes to behavior, it’s less fair when scientists start announcing genetic causes for how children turn out. Take obesity as an example. How or why some people end up carrying more weight than others is not simply down to the genes they inherit from their pare read more
Perfectionists, by definition, strive for the best, trying to ace exams, be meticulous at their jobs, and raise perfect children. So one might assume this drive for the ideal translates over to their health as well, with perfectionist being models for physical and mental well-being.
But new research is revealing the trait can bring both profits and perils.
Though perfection is an impossible goal, striving for it can be a boon for one’s health, causing one to stick to exercise read more
