OBJECTIVES To determine the views of patients and members of the public about who should pay for expensive new cancer drugs not recommended by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE). DESIGN A study-specific questionnaire was used to elicit the views of patients and the general public between April and June 2010. It examined whether participants thought patients shoul...

While clinicians face increasing time pressure in caring for patients, communication with the patient can suffer. Communication is especially important in caring for the increasingly culturally diverse patient population in the United States. Different values, beliefs, and attitudes about health, illness, and health care can affect illness outcomes. These are best understood through dialogue. P...

OBJECTIVE To determine the perceptions of pharmacy interns and newly registered pharmacists and preceptors regarding the preparedness of graduates to enter professional practice. METHODS A questionnaire was developed from the New Zealand Competence Standards for the Pharmacy Profession (pharmacist level), with additional questions on communication skills included. The instrument contained 16 ...

The purpose of this research is to examine how the influence work attitude, communication, and environment on employee performance. Use a saturated sample 52 PT MATU workers in Pasuruan City, Indonesia. SPSS 23 was used for data analysis. results study are as follows: has no significant effect performance, attitude communication have performance three variables simultaneously findings add knowl...

CONTEXT When a patient receives a cancer diagnosis, existential issues become more compelling. Throughout the illness trajectory, patients with cancer are cared for in oncology wards, by home care teams or in hospices. Nurses working with these patients are sometimes aware of the patients' existential needs but do not feel confident when discussing these issues. OBJECTIVES To determine the ef...

This study evaluated a technology-based early intervention for social communication skills in pre-schoolers in a randomised controlled trial. Participants were 54 children aged under 6 years with a diagnosis of autism, assigned to either intervention or control conditions. The app engaged children, who played consistently, regardless of developmental level, and was rated highly by parents. Ther...

BACKGROUND Physicians working with multicultural populations need to know how to elicit the patient's understanding of the illness; determine the patient's sociocultural context and identify any issues that might affect care; communicate effectively across patient-provider social and cultural differences; and collaborate effectively with an interpreter. Skills self-assessment can contribute to ...

This paper tries to study the effect of information and communication technology on the skills of the third grade of high school students in Neka . Among 1400 students were randomly chosen. More than 302 ones were randomly selected(boys and girls). By a questionnaire which had 40 questions shows more than 87% of Alfa Cronbach coefficient. One group T-Test and independent T-test were analyzed an...