Background and purpose: High incidence of chronic diseases such as diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, cancer, etc. signifies the role of nutrition in maintaining health and preventing diseases. Nutrition education to medical students could be of great benefit since they will have a key role in natural health system and patients usually follow physicians’ advice about diet. This study was done t...

Background and Aim: The first step in reducing patient dose can be administered at the radiological examinations are taken. Since physicians request radiological tests, this study examined physicians' knowledge of the risks of radiological examinations. Materials and Methods: This descriptive, analytical and cross-sectional study was conducted in 160 general practitioners and specialists' ph...

Introduction. The quality of doctor-patient relationship has a significant impact on patient satisfaction and medical outcomes. Communication skills training is not formally included in medical education curriculum in Iran and as a result physicians can not communicate properly with their patients and need to receive training in this regard. In this study a communication skills training program...

Introduction: According to physician-induced demand (PID) hypothesis, a physician can induce a patient to undergo more intensive medical treatment based on the fact that the physician has more medical information than the patient. Investigations demonstrated that non-salaried physicians have more incentives to motivate the patients to use unnecessary health care services. In this paper, PIDs of...