The Journal of Family Practice q BACKGROUND: We designed this observational cohort study
to assess the association between patient-centered communication in primary care visits …

… Following Joseph's departure, Dr W Wayne Weston was chosen by McWhinney to lead a
faculty development process for a year (mid 1982-1983). Weston said, “We changed Joe's …

Commentary Commentaire patients understood the decision (0.9%–6.9%). This paper by
Godolphin and colleagues reminds us about our responsibility to engage our patients in the …

To center the medical interview on the patient as well as the disease, the physician must offer
both nonverbal and verbal evidence that what the patient has to say is important. In the end…

In 1987, Ontario's physicians conducted a strike, ultimately not successful, over the issue of “extra
billing.” The fact that the Ontario public did not support this action reflected a major gap …

Effective patient care requires attending as much to patients' personal experiences of illnesses
as to their diseases. Diseases are ferreted out by using the conventional medical model, …

This chapter describes a learner-centered approach to teaching that parallels the patient-centered
clinical method. The four components of the learner-centered approach are described …

The literature review of select studies on doctor-patient communication seeks to answer
some of the frequently expressed questions and doubts about patient-centred interviewing. …

Developing an effective management plan requires physicians and patients to reach agreement
in three key areas: the nature of the problems, the goals and priorities of treatment, and …

Introduction: Primary care is challenged to meet the needs of patients with dementia. A training
program was developed to increase capacity for dementia care through the development …