Technological advances have increased our ability to detect a life-threatening, life-limiting or
lethal problem early in pregnancy, leaving parents months to anticipate a death or a …

Physicians' empathy is generally regarded as important and attempts are made to foster
empathy. However, research indicates that the medical students' empathy is often stunted …

Purpose Despite communication skills training in medical school, junior doctors continue to
demonstrate poor patient-doctor communication skills, where patient unhappiness from the …

Prognostic disclosure to children has perpetually challenged clinicians and parents. In this
article, we review the historical literature on prognostic disclosure to children in the United …

Communication skills tend to decline with time unless they are regularly recalled and
practiced. However, most medical schools still deliver clinical communication training only …

OBJECTIVE: Regular follow-up is essential to successful management of childhood cataract.
We sought to assess whether a mobile phone short message service (SMS) for parents of …

OBJECTIVE: In order to reduce the inconsistencies of findings and the apparent low transfer
of communication skills from training to medical practice, this narrative review identifies …

Objective: Patient surveys consistently show physician communication remains less than
ideal. While previous studies have demonstrated a lack of trainee confidence in delivering …

Objective Family caregivers can, at times, add complexity to clinical encounters. Difficult
family caregivers and dynamics may: derail consultation communication, reduce patient …

Objectives: We sought to 1) evaluate how pediatricians approach situations in which families
request continuation of organ support after declaration of death by neurologic criteria and 2) …