Doctors and patients.

Patients and Their Doctors

Patients and Doctors

Patients, doctors, and legislators.

A I prepared to examine a new patient, “B,” I commented on her lovely necklace. B told me that her mother had given it to her more than 20 years ago, when she was diagnosed with a serious medical condition. “Oh?” I asked. My curiosity was piqued—B hadn’t reported any important family history. Her mother, it turned out, had Huntington’s disease. The necklace was a gift, given before her mother d...

Inviting patients to read their doctors' notes: patients and doctors look ahead: patient and physician surveys.

BACKGROUND Little is known about what primary care physicians (PCPs) and patients would expect if patients were invited to read their doctors' office notes. OBJECTIVE To explore attitudes toward potential benefits or harms if PCPs offered patients ready access to visit notes. DESIGN The PCPs and patients completed surveys before joining a voluntary program that provided electronic links to ...

Improving communication between doctors and patients.

Communication is the key factor necessary to improve the relation between doctors and patients. The communication is the method used to transmit or collect information using different types of channels. The communication process should provide useful information for doctors and patients. In order to establish a good communication system, both parts must fulfil some obligations. The present pape...