Gaps in communication between cancer patients and healthcare providers: symptom distress and patients’ intentions to disclose
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DOI: 10.1007/s00520-018-4442-4
Abstract: PurposeGood communication between patients and healthcare professionals (HCPs) is an important contributor to patient well-being. Few studies have focused on the gaps in communication between patients and HCPs about symptoms. This study examined patients’ perspectives… read more here.
Keywords: communication; symptom distress; patients healthcare; gaps communication ... See more keywords
Gaps in communication between different staff groups and older adult patients foster unnecessary antibiotic prescribing for urinary tract infections in hospitals: a qualitative translation approach
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DOI: 10.1186/s13756-019-0587-2
Abstract: BackgroundStudies have reported large scale overprescribing of antibiotics for urinary tract infection (UTI) in hospitalised older adults. Older adults often have asymptomatic bacteriuria, and clinicians have been found to diagnose UTIs inappropriately based on vague… read more here.
Keywords: staff; gaps communication; older adult; translation ... See more keywords