Background: Previous reviews have shown inconsistent effects of publicly reported
performance data on quality of care, but many new studies have become available in the 7 …

Background: A systematic review has shown that no measures of the extent to which
healthcare professionals involve patients in decisions within clinical consultations exist …

Background Adherence to treatment, a public health issue, is of particular importance in
chronic disease therapies. Primary care practices offer ideal venues for the effective care …

Aim The goal of this European Society of ColoProctology project was to establish a
multidisciplinary, international guideline for haemorrhoidal disease (HD) and to provide …

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 …

Skills for Communicating with Patients, Third Edition is one of two companion books on
improving communication in medicine, which together provide a comprehensive approach …

This book and its companion, Skills for Communicating with Patients, Second Edition,
provide a comprehensive approach to improving communication in medicine. Fully updated …

Objective: To measure patients9 perceptions of patient centredness and the relation of these
perceptions to outcomes. Design: Observational study using questionnaires. Setting: Three …

Although relatively uncommon in health care research, qualitative research is now receiving
recognition and is increasingly used in health care research with social and cultural …

Objective: To identify patient's preferences for patient centred consultation in general
practice. Design: Questionnaire study. Setting: Consecutive patients in the waiting room of …