In this review epidemiological studies concerning chronic benign pain among adults are
discussed. To this end, studies focusing on chronic pain, reporting prevalences at a population …

Modern medical care is influenced by two paradigms: ‘evidence-based medicine’ and ‘patient-centered
medicine’. In the last decade, both paradigms rapidly gained in popularity and …

Background Empathy as a characteristic of patient–physician communication in both
general practice and clinical care is considered to be the backbone of the patient–physician …

Background Patients' non-adherence to medical treatment remains a persistent problem.
Many interventions to improve patient adherence are unsuccessful and sound theoretical …

Objectives: To compare determinants of consultation length discussed in the literature with
those found in consultations with general practitioners from different European countries; to …

OBJECTIVE: To describe the methodological procedures of a multi-centre focus group
research for obtaining content categories also suitable for categorical statistical analyses. …

In this article a comparison is made between three independent sources of assessment of
medical consultations. A panel of 12 experienced general practitioners rated 103 …

Successful aging is an important concept, and one that has been the subject of much
research. During the last 15 years, the emphasis of this research has shifted from formulating …

OBJECTIVE: To establish sound empirical evidence that clinical empathy (abbreviated as
CE) is a core element in the clinician–patient relationship with profound therapeutic potential, …

OBJECTIVE: The evidence base of medical communication has been underdeveloped and
the field was felt to be in need for thorough empirical investigation. Studying medical …