Physician-Patient Communications

Is Lack Of Patient Engagement Really The Problem Today?

May 22, 2012 | All, Favorite Posts, Passive Sick Role, Patient Engagement, Patient Engagement Blog, Patient Perspective, Patient Perspective Blog, Patient-Centered Communication Blog, Patient-centered Communications, Physician Attitudes, Physician Attutudes Blog, Physician-Patient Communications, Physician-Patient Communications Blog

Everywhere you turn in the health care literature these days we are told how physicians need to do a better job getting patients engaged in their own health. But is lack of patient engagement really the problem? If Patients Are In Their Doctor's Office They Are...

Is “Lack Of Time” Really Why So Many Physicians Are Poor Communicators?

Mar 1, 2010 | Favorite Posts, Lack of Time To Communicate, Physician Attitudes, Physician Attutudes Blog, physician-Patient Communication Graphic, Physician-Patient Communications, Uncategorized

If "lack of time" is the chief barrier to better (aka patient-centered) physician-patient communications, it logically follows that longer patient appointments are the solution. Ok…lets’ say that I could wave a magic wand and add 5 or even 10 more minutes to the...

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