Anxiety has been identified as one of the most severe and long-lasting symptoms
experienced by hospitalized children with cancer. Self-reports are especially important for …

This chapter argues that epistemic errors rooted in group-or identity-based biases,
especially those pertaining to disability, are undertheorized in the literature on medical error …

Person‐centred care, with its central focus on the patient in partnership with healthcare
practitioners, is considered to be the contemporary gold standard of care. This type of care …

Delivering quality health care requires effective communication between health care
providers and their patients. In this article, we call on augmentative and alternative …

Background: Communication in the intensive care setting (ICS) is critical for both the patient
and the medical staff to provide efficient care and thus alleviate possible patient adverse …

Purpose The current mixed methods research study was designed to describe the
experience and opinions of paediatric acute care nurses at a single paediatric medical …

Over the past 30 years, augmented and assisted communication (AAC) has made
tremendous advances in theory, research and practice and it is now an important part of …

Objective: To examine the content, quantity, and quality of multidisciplinary team
documentation of 'communication'in hospital progress notes of patients with communication …

Health care providers can experience increased difficulty communicating with adult patients
during medical interactions when the patients have communication disorders. Meeting the …

Background Critically ill patients have the right to communicate and participate in their
treatment to avoid adverse medical outcomes due to the severity of their illness, their …