Objectives To identify the scope of active patient involvement in medical education,
addressing the current knowledge gaps relating to rationale and motivation for involvement …

Stigma in health facilities undermines diagnosis, treatment, and successful health outcomes.
Addressing stigma is fundamental to delivering quality healthcare and achieving optimal …

There is consensus in the scientific literature that the opioid agonist medications methadone
and buprenorphine are the most effective treatments for opioid use disorder. Despite …

Background Physician bias refers to the unconscious negative perceptions that physicians
have of patients or their conditions. Medical schools and residency programs often …

Context Patients are increasingly being engaged in providing feedback and consultation to
health care institutions, and in the training of health care professionals. Such involvement …

Introduction: Stigma undermines all aspects of a comprehensive HIV response, as reflected
in recent global initiatives for stigma-reduction. Yet a commensurate response to …

Background Transgender and gender diverse (TGD) people face many obstacles in
accessing health care, including discrimination, institutional bias, and clinician knowledge …

Prescription drug monitoring programs (PDMPs) are databases that track controlled
substances at the provider, patient, and pharmacy levels. While these databases are widely …

Objective People living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) have difficulty accessing oral health
services primarily due to HIV-related stigma and discrimination. In 2011, the University of …

We aimed to validate the Health Care Provider HIV/AIDS Stigma Scale (HPASS) among
healthcare students in Brazil. The validation process occurred in three phases from August …