Background & Aims Over several decades, changes in health care have negatively
impacted meaningful communication between the patient and provider and adversely …

Background Teaching and assessment of communication skills have become essential in
medical education. The Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) has been found …

Background An increasing number of professionals are challenged by the evolution of
modern healthcare and society, often characterized by more expectations with reduced …

Rationale. Although they form a dyadic relationship, doctor's and patient's levels of trust in
the other have usually been investigated separately. As members of dyadic relationships …

Background Over the last three decades, various instruments were developed and
employed to assess medical professionalism, but their measurement properties have yet to …

Background Present models and definitions of patient-centeredness revealed a lack of
conceptual clarity. Based on a prior systematic literature review, we developed an …

The main focus of this paper is to describe the development and current state of policy,
research and implementation of patient-centered care (PCC) and shared decision-making …

Trust is vital to public confidence in health and science, yet there is no consensus on the
most useful way to conceptualize, define, measure, or intervene on trust and its related …

The steady growth of corporate interest and influence in the health care sector over the past
few decades has created a more business-oriented health care system in the United States …

Rationale Historic and present-day racism and inequity in the United States (US) have
resulted in diminished trust in health care among many populations. A key barrier to …