Tag Archives: doctor patient relationship

Health Care responsibility & compassion-visiting the housebound patient severely affected by ME/CFS

Posted on 07/16/2020 by wames

Health Care responsibility and compassion-visiting the housebound patient severely affected by ME/CFS, by  Caroline Kingdon, Dionysius Giotas, Luis Nacul and Eliana Lacerda in Healthcare 2020, 8(3), 197 [doi.org/10.3390/healthcare8030197] [This article belongs to the Special Issue ME/CFS – the Severely and … Continue reading →

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Predicting GP visits: A multinomial logistic regression investigating GP visits amongst a cohort of UK patients living with ME

Posted on 06/18/2020 by wames

Predicting GP visits: A multinomial logistic regression investigating GP visits amongst a cohort of UK patients living with Myalgic encephalomyelitis, by R Stephen Walsh, Andrew Denovan, Kenneth Drinkwater, Sean Reddington & Neil Dagnall in BMC Family Practice vol 21, no. … Continue reading →

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Dismissing chronic illness: a qualitative analysis of negative health care experiences

Posted on 03/15/2019 by wames

Dismissing chronic illness: A qualitative analysis of negative health care experiences, by Stephanie McManimen, Damani McClellan, Jamie Stoothoff, Kristen Gleason, Leonard A Jason in Health Care for Women International [Published online: 04 Mar 2019]   Research abstract: In the US, … Continue reading →

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Initiating care of a patient with ME/CFS

Posted on 01/29/2019 by wames

Initiating care of a patient with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS), by Charles W. Lapp in Front. Pediatr., [Published 23 January 2019]   Article abstract: This paper introduces the primary care physician to the unique and challenging aspects of initially … Continue reading →

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ME/CFS & the biopsychosocial model: a review of patient harm & distress

Posted on 06/27/2018 by wames

Review article abstract: Myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome and the biopsychosocial model: a review of patient harm and distress in the medical encounter, by Keith J. Geraghty, Charlotte Blease in Disability and Rehabilitation [Published online: 21 Jun 2018] Objective: Despite the … Continue reading →

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GMC survey of patient consent – have your say

Posted on 03/01/2017 by wames

General Medical Council Review of  consent guidance Good consent practice is at the heart of the doctor-patient relationship, but it’s sometimes challenging to get this right. GMC guidance sets out good practice principles for making decisions about care, from the treatment … Continue reading →

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Factors affecting ME patient satisfaction in Norway

Posted on 06/17/2015 by wames

Research abstract: Bodily conditions that are difficult to identify, explain and treat with the aid of medical knowledge and technology appear to be particularly challenging to medical encounters. Patients are often dissatisfied with the help they receive, and they often … Continue reading →

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