A friend recently returned from a doctor’s office visit upset the doctor didn’t explain much of anything. He hardly entered the examination room, asked a few superficial questions while he typed on ...

Physicians have worked to earn the trust of their patients for nearly 2,400 years, dating back to the days of Hippocrates, ...

ABC News Live spoke with Dr. F. Perry Wilson about his new book. One of the most important aspects of medicine is the relationship between a doctor and their patient, according to physician and Yale ...

From walk-in clinics to telemedicine, patients today have many options when they need medical care. Often, convenience trumps loyalty. A 2018 study by Virginia Commonwealth University Health System ...

Technology has always played a role in medicine, but in recent years, it has fundamentally altered the provider-patient relationship. It’s been my privilege to experience firsthand just how far our ...

The doctor-patient relationship is one of the most critical elements in delivering effective and compassionate care. Research shows trust and communication between doctors and patients can ...

What is the most important factor in treatment success? Although this open-ended question has many available answers, most people would say it is either the correct treatment from a healthcare ...

Today's doctor visits look and feel a lot different than they did even just a couple decades ago. To help reverse these trends, a new report from Northwestern University and the University of Alabama ...

A new survey found sitting in the waiting room for more than 30 minutes, inability to speak with a human being and difficulty ...

If you have never asked if you can pray for a patient, you might be in the minority. In a recent Medscape column, Andrew N. Wilner, MD, related the story of a physician offering to pray for his wife ...

Some time ago, I discovered an online calculator meant to help heart surgeons determine patients’ chances of complications or death. Surprisingly, the calculator, based on published studies, is not ...

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