The therapeutic response to a drug treatment is a mixture of direct pharmacological action and placebo effect. Therefore, harnessing the positive aspects of the placebo effect and reducing the negative ones could potentially benefit the patient. This article is aimed at providing an overview for clinicians of the importance of contextual psychosocial variables in determining treatment response,...

We describe the Virtual Standardized Patient (VSP) application, having a computerized virtual person who interacts with medical practitioners in much the same way as actors hired to teach and evaluate patient assessment and interviewing skills. The VSP integrates technologies from two successful research projects conducted at Research Triangle Institute (RTI). AVA TALKTM provides natural langua...

This article proposes an extension to domestication theory by introducing the concept of collaborative domestication, which we define as ongoing mutual influence and interdependence technology users in specific interactional contexts. arose from our investigation how patients integrate healthcare-related video consultations into their daily lives. In Denmark, Covid-19 pandemic has expedited imp...

Dentistry is a healthcare profession requiring close contacts between the dental practitioner and patient. In particular, many procedures generate aerosols droplets which are proved to be major transmission route for COVID-19.

The work of a nurse practitioner was compared with that of a general practitioner. Both were equally available to the same patient population over the same period. The nurse practitioner saw a similar age and sex distribution of patients to the doctor but saw different types of problems. More of the patients she saw were for followup of chronic diseases, health advice and screening measures whi...

introduction The radiology departments at Southmead and Ham Green Hospitals, Bristol, have provided a general practitioner service for general work and barium meals for some years. Unfortunately, the pressure of hospital inpatient and out-patient work led to a waiting period of from three to six months for non-urgent general practitioner barium meal requests. The appointment of one ?f us (C.J.)...

Abstract: Introduction: Patient-centered care has been associated with positive results in medical practice. Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate the attitudes students and teachers from a Brazilian school regarding physician-patient relationship verify factors. Methods: This an analytical cross-sectional carried out public university, using PPOS “Patient-Practitioner Orientation Sc...

The Doctor-Patient Relationship (DPR) is a complex concept in the medical sociology in which patients voluntarily approach a doctor and thus become a part of a contract in which they tends to abide with the doctor’s guidance. Globally, the DPR has changed drastically over the years owing to the commercialization and privatization of the health sector. Furthermore, the dynamics of the DPR has sh...