Aim To explore how the expression of positive emotions during the interaction between
patients and providers can cultivate the patient‐provider relationship. Design We conducted …

Background: Patients desire both honesty and hope from their healthcare practitioners. A
recent systematic review found that healthcare practitioners who deliver positive messages …

OBJECTIVE: To describe hospital-based physicians' responses to patients' verbal
expressions of negative emotion and identify patterns of further communication associated …

Objectives To identify communication strategies that may improve clinician-patient
interactions, we assessed the association between clinician response to emotion and …

Emotion regulation has been identified as an important component of medical consultation
but there is limited research on the topic. Two studies tested expected relationships between …

In the United States, levels of emotional well-being remain low, with 40% of American adults
reporting the experience of daily stress and excessive anxiety. The doctor–patient …

Introduction Narratives of negative patient experiences expressed in complaints can help
health care professionals reflect on their practices. Aims To synthesise evidence from …

Background: Empathy in healthcare interactions has been a focus of considerable research
since the 1980s, and discourse analysis has been used more recently to identify how …

Background Practitioner expressions of optimism and empathy may improve treatment
engagement, adherence, and patient satisfaction but are not delivered consistently amid the …

Objective We don´ t know how positive emotions are being expressed by patients and health
care providers in consultations. The aim of this study is to identify positive emotions …