Working as a physician, it would be easy to discard the current rhetoric of a ‘patient-centred NHS’, after all that’s surely why the NHS exists. But, in spite of its shortcomings as a concept, I suspect the arrival of the ‘expert patient’ is just the start of a new kind of patient at the centre.1,2 The relationship between the public and professionals is changing: the age of deference is coming...

As oncology care continues to move toward delivery in the outpatient setting, oncology nurses must find ways to effectively educate patients about diagnosis, treatment, and symptom management. A cancer diagnosis induces high levels of anxiety, often affecting a patient's ability to retain information about his or her disease, treatment, and symptom management. Based on results from the ONS Foun...

HYPOTHESIS Surgical residents and staff oncologists (surgical, medical, and radiation therapy) have similar opinions on participation in physician-assisted death for patients with terminal cancer. DESIGN Prospective survey. SETTING Tertiary care referral center. PARTICIPANTS Residents undergoing surgical training (n = 56) and faculty oncologists (n = 24) of all specialties (surgical, medi...

The purpose of this study was to evaluate a pharmacist-initiated, total package, patient education program based on the concepts described in the PRECEDE model. This program was directed towards 94 therapeutically complex elderly patients and consisted of a medication history, therapeutic evaluation, patient education needs assessment, patient education session, and a patient feedback/satisfact...

PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES To describe the successful implementation of a centrally designed and managed patient education storyboard project using Microsoft PowerPoint in a large multihospital system and physician-based practice settings. DATA SOURCES Journal articles, project evaluation, and clinical and educational experience. DATA SYNTHESIS The use of posters, bulletin boards, and storyboards a...

Patient education in emergency departments faces complexities and challenges due to the wide variety of clinical care provided in this setting. Despite widespread recognition of the value and benefits of education, we frequently see that patient education in hospital emergency departments is less than optimal and that emergency departments are not employed as venues conducive to providing suita...

background: patients awaiting surgery typically experience significant physical and psychological stress. vital signs and serum cortisol level are altered in response to anxiety. the aim of this study was to assess the effects of preoperative education on physiological indices and cortisol level of female patients undergoing elective surgeries. materials and methods: in this single-blinded rand...