Doctors who've faced the disease themselves share candid lessons about empathy, medical bias, and the humanity of care.

Kimberly Kopecky, M.D., MSCI, a UAB surgeon specializing in high-risk abdominal procedures, created The Empathy Project to help trainees improve at having tough conversations with patients and ...

Recently, a long-standing patient came in for her routine office follow-up appointment for management of hypertension and arthritis. After a warm greeting, she told me there was a matter she needed to ...

DUBLIN — Researchers in Spain have reported a complex picture of primary care patient safety across the country, with survey results highlighting a critical need for improved communication systems ...

Earlier this month, a newer patient came in to see me for a check-up and discussion about her extremely high cholesterol level. In her late 50s with a family history of early-age heart attack, she was ...

Gone are the days when a doctor's word was taken as gospel. The relationship between doctors and patients has undergone a dramatic shift, with many doctors now finding themselves in the position of ...

Physicians aren’t listening to their patients, according to an op-ed in The New York Times. Poor bedside manner can have serious ramifications, including incorrect diagnoses and adverse health ...

According to a recent patient survey, the average in-office appointment is just 12 minutes long. In this short span of time, patients may experience some of their most monumental life moments, good ...

Communication professor Charee Thompson, right, and graduate student Junhyung Han led a study that found that shared decision-making and the quality of the health care provider’s history-taking and ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Doctor-patient communication can be fraught with misunderstanding, a new study confirms. After 74 meetings between people with severe arthritis of the knee and physicians ...