Objective To map out and synthesise literature that considers the extent of shared decision-
making (SDM) within goal-setting in rehabilitation settings and explore participants' views of …

Communicating with patients is arguably the most common and important activity in medical
practice, but this activity receives relatively little emphasis in graduate medical education …

Background New patients are a particularly vulnerable population because they are at high
risk of missing a subsequent visit or dropping out of care completely. However, few data …

Skills for Communicating with Patients, Third Edition is one of two companion books on
improving communication in medicine, which together provide a comprehensive approach …

Background. Pain is the most commonly reported symptom in primary care and is a leading
cause of disability. Primary care providers (PCPs) face numerous challenges in caring for …

Objective Soliciting patients' complete agendas of concerns (aka.'agenda setting') can
improve patients' health outcomes and satisfaction, and physicians' time management. We …

OBJECTIVE: Traditional perspectives on shared decision-making (SDM) focus attention on
the point in a clinical encounter where discussion of a treatment decision begins. We argue …

Background Breaking bad news (BBN) may be associated with increasing risk of burnout in
practising physicians. However, there is little research on the association between the way …

Guidelines advocate a combined physical and psychological approach to managing non-
specific chronic low back pain (NSCLBP), referred to as psychologically informed practice …

Background Agenda setting is associated with more efficient care and better patient
experience. This study develops a taxonomy of visit opening styles to assess use of agenda …