Social and behavioural factors are critical to the emergence, spread and containment of
human disease, and are key determinants of the course, duration and outcomes of disease …

The opioid epidemic has resulted from myriad causes and will not be solved by any simple
solution. Consequent to a staggering increase in opioid-related deaths in the USA, various …

Each year more than 400 physicians take their lives, likely related to increasing depression
and burnout. Burnout—a psychological syndrome featuring emotional exhaustion …

Objective Patient satisfaction had been the focus of many scientific studies worldwide.
However, very few studies published had addressed the definition of the concept of patient …

Patient care experience surveys evaluate the degree to which care is patient-centered. This
article reviews the literature on the association between patient experiences and other …

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Abstract Background Over 100 million Americans are living with chronic pain, and pain is the
most common reason that patients seek medical attention. Despite the prevalence of pain …

The measles outbreak at Disneyland in December 2014 spread to a half-dozen US states
and sickened 147 people. It is just one recent incident that the medical community blames …

Evidence is mounting that medicine is harming healthy people through ever earlier detection
and ever wider definition of disease. With the announcement of an international conference …

Importance Older patients with cancer and their caregivers worry about the effects of cancer
treatment on aging-related domains (eg, function and cognition). Quality conversations with …