The goal of patient-centered communication (PCC) is to help practitioners provide care that
is concordant with the patient's values, needs and preferences, and that allows patients to …

PURPOSE Although patient-centered communication is associated with improved health
and patient trust, information about the impact of patient-centered communication on health …

BACKGROUND Previous work suggests that exploration and validation of patients’ concerns
is associated with greater patient trust, lower health care costs, improved counseling, and …

OBJECTIVE: We examined how navigation, defined as the assessment and alleviation of
barriers to adequate health care, influences patients’ perspectives on the quality of their cancer …

Objective: To understand how physicians communicate may contribute to the mistrust and
poor clinical outcomes observed in patients who present with medically unexplained …

Epidemiological data on 136 cases of human babesiosis reported from laboratories and
clinicians in the state of New York from 1982 to 1991 were reviewed. All but two patients, who …

Objective: Using a heuristic model of suicidal ideation and behavior, the two objectives were
to identify correlates of (1) unique suicide-related outcomes (ideation, planning, planned …

Background: A required 2-week comprehensive assessment (CA) for 2nd-year medical
students that integrates basic science, clinical skills, information management, and …

Objective. —To describe the temporal and geographic progression of the Lyme disease
epidemic in New York State from 1977 through 1989. Design. —Communicable disease …

… SC Meldrum designed and carried out the analyses. … Meldrum is with the Department
of Family Medicine, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester. “Predictors of Low-Intent …