Sticks and stones: investigating rude, dismissive and aggressive communication between doctors.

Rude or aggressive patient behaviour during out-of-hours GP care: challenges in communication with patients.

OBJECTIVE GPs in out-of-hours care report that they feel at risk of rude or aggressive patient behaviour. We tried to get information about the incidence, types and patient characteristics of rude or aggressive behaviour. METHODS Retrospective, observational study involving the analysis of medical records of all patients who contacted a Dutch GP cooperative between June 2001 and June 2002. ...

The Cell Adhesion Molecules Roughest, Hibris, Kin of Irre and Sticks and Stones Are Required for Long Range Spacing of the Drosophila Wing Disc Sensory Sensilla

Most animal tissues and organ systems are comprised of highly ordered arrays of varying cell types. The development of external sensory organs requires complex cell-cell communication in order to give each cell a specific identity and to ensure a regular distributed pattern of the sensory bristles. This involves both long and short range signaling mediated by either diffusible or cell anchored ...

Investigating the Relationship between Communication and Collaboration of Nurses with Physicians from Nurses\' Point of View in Neyshabur Hospitals

Interactions between physicians and nurses are regarded as an indicator to present the desirable care for the patient. The present study was conducted with aim of clarifying the status of communication and collaboration of nurses and physicians as well as the correlation between these two factors from the nurses' viewpoint. This research was a descriptive - analytical study of the cross-sect...

Sticks and Stones May Break My Bones but Words Relate to Adult Physiology? Child Abuse Experience and Women's Sympathetic Nervous System Response while Self-Reporting Trauma

Sticks and Stones May Break My Bones but Words Relate to Adult Physiology? Child Abuse Experience and Women's Sympathetic Nervous System Response while Self-Reporting Trauma Rosemary E. Bernstein a , Jeffery R. Measelle a , Heidemarie K. Laurent a , Erica D. Musser b & Jennifer C. Ablow a a Department of Psychology , University of Oregon , Eugene , Oregon , USA b Psychology Department , Florida...

Sticks and stones may break my bones but words may also kill me: how culturally competent is political correctness?