Editorial: Patient and provider participation in health care provision

Editorial: Cancer Care Delivery and Women’s Health: Beyond the Patient and Provider Relationship

Patient health literacy and participation in the health-care process.

OBJECTIVES Health information is an important resource for patients to understand and engage in the management of their health conditions. We discuss the role of health literacy (HL) in improving patient participation and propose future research in this field. METHODS Literature searches were conducted to review existing definitions and measures of HL and identify empirical findings of its im...

Justice in the Health Care Provider and Patient Relationship:

Assessing Patient Participation in Health Policy Decision-Making in Cyprus

Although the importance of patient participation in the design and evaluation of health programs and services is well-documented, there is scarcity of research with regard to patient association (PA) participation in health policy decision-making processes. To this end, the present study aimed to validate further a previously developed instrument as well as to investigate the degree of PA parti...

Health Care Provider Communication

BACKGROUND Patients who are facing life-threatening and life-limiting cancer almost invariably experience psychological distress. Responding effectively requires therapeutic sensitivity and skill. In this study, we examined therapeutic effectiveness within the setting of cancer-related distress with the objective of understanding its constituent parts. METHODS Seventy-eight experienced psycho...