Patients' lives are being put at risk by poor communication from health care professionals in hospitals worldwide, according to new research my colleagues and I conducted. Our analysis included 46 ...

Perceived discrimination in healthcare settings is linked to delays in seeking diabetes care, mediated by poor patient-clinician communication. Younger adults and racial and ethnic minorities ...

There is an exhaustive literature devoted to communicative skills, and in the corporate world, certainly in politics, and in most endeavors in which management of people is important, achievement of ...

Earlier this month, a newer patient came in to see me for a check-up and discussion about her extremely high cholesterol level. In her late 50s with a family history of early-age heart attack, she was ...

Sitting at a patient's bedside is one of the behaviors associated with better doctor-patient communication, patient satisfaction, and trust. During a busy day of consultations, however, it can be ...

Most conflicts between physicians and nurses don’t arise from bad intentions—they stem from mismatched expectations, unclear ...

Communication professor Charee Thompson, right, and graduate student Junhyung Han led a study that found that shared decision-making and the quality of the health care provider’s history-taking and ...

Gone are the days when a doctor's word was taken as gospel. The relationship between doctors and patients has undergone a dramatic shift, with many doctors now finding themselves in the position of ...

Communicating to patients that they need to come to their annual checkup is important for eye doctors to convey to help treat their patients, says Ariana Levin, MD. Glaucoma is a disease that affects ...

A professor led a study that found that shared decision-making and the quality of the health care provider's history-taking and physical exam were the main drivers of spinal pain patients' ...