Purpose The implementation of patient-centered care (PCC) has been hampered by the lack
of a clear definition and method of measurement. The purpose of this review is to identify the …

Breastfeeding is the most advantageous feeding option for infants, and epidemiological
studies provide evidence for its promotion. The objective of this review was to …

Importance Studies have found differences in practice patterns between male and female
physicians, with female physicians more likely to adhere to clinical guidelines and evidence …

Conditional on the quality of a paper, are women held to higher writing standards in
academic peer review? Using readability scores to investigate, I find:(i) female-authored …

The Patient-Centered Clinical Method (PCCM) has been a core tenet of the practice and
teaching of medicine since the first edition of Patient-Centered Medicine-Transforming the …

Indigenous communities have long experienced exploitation by researchers and
increasingly require participatory and decolonizing research processes. We present a case …

“Leadership matters… The best leadership is found by choosing leaders from the largest
pool of talent, and that includes women.… With excellence in leadership in short supply, no …

This study proposes a new research approach to examine the relationship between board
diversity, in terms of gender differences, and the quality of sustainability reporting, measured …

XIV PREFACE or her communication with patients, as well as how a physician's gender
influences the way in which his or her patients communicate. Part II of this book describes …

Motivational Interviewing (MI), a counseling style initially used to treat addictions,
increasingly has been used in health care and public health settings. This manuscript …