Patients of doctors further from medical school graduation have poorer outcomes
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DOI: 10.1111/medu.13276
Abstract: There is an apparent contradiction between the findings of studies indicating that patient outcomes are better when physicians have a greater volume of practice and those that find outcomes to be worse with increased time… read more here.
Keywords: patients doctors; medical school; graduation poorer; doctors medical ... See more keywords
Limits on prescribing will harm rural and poorer patients, doctors warn
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DOI: 10.1136/bmj.j4867
Abstract: Proposals to limit GPs’ prescribing of over-the-counter (OTC) drugs will disproportionately harm patients on lower incomes and those in rural areas, the Dispensing Doctors’ Association (DDA) has warned.1 The association, which represents 1290 dispensing practices… read more here.
Keywords: limits prescribing; patients doctors; poorer patients; prescribing harm ... See more keywords
On patients, doctors and ethnographers: a response to Launer
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DOI: 10.1136/postgradmedj-2017-135203
Abstract: In a recent piece, John Launer calls for ‘patient-led ethnography’ because it ‘could be a rich source of information for improving healthcare’.1 In the spirit of opening up a discussion regarding the value of ethnography… read more here.
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Do patients and doctors have the same conversation about colorectal cancer screening
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DOI: 10.1200/jco.2017.35.4_suppl.532
Abstract: 532Background: Participant characteristics affect shared decision making. In a randomized trial of physician (MD) educational interventions to improve cancer screening guideline compliance, we studied patient (PT) and MD recall of discussions and how PT characteristics… read more here.
Keywords: patients doctors; conversation colorectal; cancer screening; colorectal cancer ... See more keywords