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Both patient and health-care provider affect compliance, and a positive physician-patient relationship is the most important factor in improving compliance. [1] Access to care plays a role in patient adherence, whereby greater wait times to access care contributing to greater absenteeism. [2] The cost of prescription medication also plays a ...
The doctor–patient relationship is a central part of health care and the practice of medicine. A doctor–patient relationship is formed when a doctor attends to a patient's medical needs and is usually through consent. [1] This relationship is built on trust, respect, communication, and a common understanding of both the doctor and patients ...
Providing patients with ready access to their doctors' visit notes has proven to have a positive impact on the doctor-patient relationship, enhancing patient trust, safety and engagement. [ 34 ] [ 35 ] Patients with access to notes also show greater interest in taking a more active role in the generation of their medical records. [ 32 ]
Mental health illnesses are conditions that will most likely need ongoing treatment for the rest of the patients’ lives, thus it is pertinent to know what treatment is best for each individual patient. Concordance is a treatment strategy between the doctor, psychiatric nurse and the patient to discuss the treatment that they will be receiving ...
A medical doctor explaining an X-ray to a patient. Several factors help increase patient participation, including understandable and individual adapted information, education for the patient and healthcare provider, sufficient time for the interaction, processes that provide the opportunity for the patient to be involved in decision-making, a positive attitude from the healthcare provider ...
Concordance (publishing), a list of words used in a body of work, with their immediate contexts; Concordance (genetics), the presence of the same trait in both members of a pair of twins (or set of individuals) Concordance (medicine), involvement of patients in decision-making to improve patient compliance with medical advice
Medical paternalism is a set of attitudes and practices in medicine in which a physician determines that a patient's wishes or choices should not be honored. These practices were current through the early to mid 20th century, and were characterised by a paternalistic attitude, surrogate decision-making and a lack of respect for patient autonomy. [1]
A therapeutic nurse-patient relationship increases the patient's trust in the nurse. Additionally, the patient is more willing to provide information to the nurse that may be pertinent to the safe care and medical needs of the patient. A therapeutic relationship can help patients cope better and lead to calmness at a time that the patient may ...