Although quality communication has been identified as a necessary component to cancer care, communication skills training programs have yet to focus on the unique role of nurses. This study explored communication barriers as reported by seven nurse managers to better identify communication skills needed for oncology nurses to practice patient-centered care. Thematic analysis of transcripts was ...

BACKGROUND The objective of this exploratory study was to identify patient-related predictors of communication preferences in patients with chronic low back pain for various dimensions of patient-physician communication (patient participation and orientation, effective and open communication, emotionally supportive communication, communication about personal circumstances). METHODS Eleven reh...

Abstract Purpose To investigate how patients value radiologists, using data from the Dutch healthcare assessment website. Method The website was searched for patient reviews about radiologists in Netherlands. scores (scale of 1–10) assigned to most recent review each radiologist were extracted. All written assessed standardized coding taxonomy, domains clinical competencies (including quality a...