conclusions the results of the present study revealed that patients are not highly satisfied with the communication skills of physicians and they were least satisfied only with the quality of examination processes by the physicians. in addition, patients with lower education showed lower satisfaction as well. thus, a higher quality and elaboration of examination, more patience and better commun...

this research is a descriptive study which had been performed in order of settlement of communication between the nurses with the confinded patients in the internal cardiac wards in the hospital affiliated to ministry of health and medical educations of tehran. this research has been done in twelve internal cardiac. wards of the hospital affiliated to the ministry of health and medical educatio...

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...

objective: bad news disclosure is one of the most complex tasks of physicians. recent evidences indicate that patients' and physicians' attitude toward breaking bad news has been changed since few years ago. the evidence of breaking bad news is different across cultures. the aim of this study is to evaluate the attitude of medical staff toward breaking bad news to provide a clinical guideline i...

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...