BACKGROUND Disparities in health and healthcare are extensively documented across clinical conditions, settings, and dimensions of healthcare quality. In particular, studies show that ethnic minorities and persons with low socioeconomic status receive poorer quality of interpersonal or patient-centered care than whites and persons with higher socioeconomic status. Strong evidence links patient-...

background: elderly population is increasing worldwide. the elderly are hospitalized more and have a longer stay compared to patients of all ages. nurse-elderly patient relationship has a key role in improving nursing care and increasing patient’s satisfaction of health care system. methods: this was a cross-sectional study conducted from june to august 2005. the sample consisted of 110 elderly...

introduction:  one of the most frequent issues nurses encounter with after or during cancer-related surgeries is pain. for postoperative pain relief, different nonpharmacologic interventions, such as nurse–patient communication, mental support, preoperative education, and consultation can be used. doing such interventions may decrease postoperative pain. however, the research results regarding ...

abstract background: effective patient–professional communication can be of crucial importance to long-term psycho-social outcomes in patients with cancer. a cross sectional study was conducted to examine cancer patients' satisfaction with regard to various aspects of communication and information given by nurses. methods: a proportional stratified sampling method was done and data collected vi...

background and objectives: effective nurse-physician communication is essential for provision of high quality clinical care. research into nurse-physician communication is a new field in iran, and the importance of the issue calls for further investigation. in response to this necessity, this study aimed to assess nurses’ perception of nurse-physician communication in teaching hospitals affilia...

this paper critically reviews studies that have interpretively invoked communication accommodation theory (cat) for the study of patient-provider interaction. cat’s sociolinguistic strategies—approximation, interpretability, interpersonal control, discourse management, and emotional expression—are succinctly introduced and their use in studies of patient-provider interaction discussed. the majo...

introduction: emotional intelligence (ei) is considered a critical component of a nurse’s characteristic trait which is known as a significant predictor of a person’s job performance and life success. transactional analysis (ta) plays a fundamental role in nurse-patient communication and managing emotions during difficult dialect with patients. the aim of this review is to discuss the framework...