scholarly journals The Impact of Health Information on the Internet on Health Care and the Physician-Patient Relationship: National U.S. Survey among 1.050 U.S. Physicians

2003 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. e17 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabeth Murray ◽  
Bernard Lo ◽  
Lance Pollack ◽  
Karen Donelan ◽  
Joe Catania ◽  
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2003 ◽  
Vol 163 (14) ◽  
pp. 1727 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabeth Murray ◽  
Bernard Lo ◽  
Lance Pollack ◽  
Karen Donelan ◽  
Joe Catania ◽  
...  

Author(s):  
Therese Al Kareh ◽  
Mira Thoumy

The healthcare field presents a high interest for patients who surf the net for pathology definitions, symptoms, treatments and medications mostly before visiting a health practitioner. No matter the quantity of information found on the internet, the quality and credibility of this information is sometimes questionable. It is the first of its kind in the physiotherapy field in general and in Lebanon specifically, aiming to explore the impact of the medical information research on the internet and how it affects the PT-patient relationship, adopting a positivist and deductive approach, based on similar studies conducted in the context of other health care specialties. For this article, the authors sent a questionnaire-based survey that was computerized and analyzed using SPSS program. For H1, 32% of the variation in the PT-patient relationship was caused by seeking health information on the internet, and in H2: 27.2% of the variation in the acceptance of the physiotherapist's medical plan was caused by seeking health information on the internet.


2014 ◽  
Vol 41 (1) ◽  
pp. 55-58
Author(s):  
MS Islam ◽  
ST Jhora

The "doctor-patient" relationship (DPR) or the "physician-patient" relationship (PPR) has long been recognized as a complex, multifaceted, and complicated balance of engagement between the care-seeker and the care-giver. The physician-patient relationship is central to the practice of healthcare and is essential for the delivery of high-quality health care in the diagnosis and treatment of disease. The doctor-patient relationship forms one of the foundations of contemporary medical ethics. In the present moment doctor-patient relationship (DPR) or physician-patient relationship (PPR) is one of the major issues in health-care throughout the world. The most common complains about the physicians of Bangladesh is their attitude towards the patients. The patients must have confidence in the competence of doctors and should feel that they can confide in him or her. For physicians, the establishment of a good relationship with the patients is also important. In developed countries students are taught from the beginning, even before they set foot in hospitals, to maintain a professional relationship with the patients, to uphold patients' dignity, and respect their privacy. These are deficient in Bangladesh. In addition to service factors, perceived treatment cost is another factor that patients may perceive as excessive. This special article reflects the importance as well as the necessary elements to establish this sacred relationship. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/bmj.v41i1.18786 Bangladesh Medical Journal 2012 Vol. 41 No. 1; 55-58


Author(s):  
Chih-Hsuan Huang ◽  
Hsin-Hung Wu ◽  
Yii-Ching Lee ◽  
Li Li

The environment in health care organizations is becoming increasingly competitive. Therefore, to improve patient return rates, health care organizations need to examine how to enhance the physician-patient relationship. In particular, the role of patient gratitude on the physician-patient relationship in health care organizations is still ambiguous. The specific role of patient gratitude in the medical service industry needs to be identified. Therefore, this study aimed to investigate physician-patient interactions with reference to relationship marketing and to further understand the relationships among relationship quality, patient gratitude, and patient loyalty. The potential effects of patient gratitude on the physician-patient relationship were examined by testing mediation effect. The results demonstrated that patient gratitude had a notable effect on the association between relationship quality and patient loyalty. To improve the physician-patient relationship in the medical service industry, health care managements should not ignore the 3 relationship quality tactics perceived by patients, specially the role of the potential effect of patient gratitude on relational building.


2016 ◽  
Vol 157 (17) ◽  
pp. 680-684 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ilona Gaal

Internet became an inevitable phenomenon in the physician–patient relationship. The author analyzes it in two theoretical models: the effects on the medical profession and the interference with the decision making process. These will help to explain why patients search the internet for information about their illness, cure and their doctors. Some physicians dislike this, and they are not just worried about the patient, but about their own position and time. This fear is groundless, even if the internet patient can be hard to tackle in the daily routine. Internet can be seen not only as a necessary evil, but with proper communication skills physicians can benefit from their patients’ passion to internet. Orv. Hetil., 2016, 157(17), 680–684.


1994 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 60-66 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ryuji Ishiwata ◽  
Akio Sakai

In April 1991, a general meeting of the Japanese Medical Conference (called ev 4 years) was held in Kyoto and attracted 32,500 participants, the largest number ever. The theme of the meeting was “Medicine and Health Care in Transition,” and the program Included panel discussions on “How to Promote the Quality of Health Care” and “How Terminal Care Should Be Provided” and symposia on “Diagnosis of Brain Death and Its Problems,” “The Propriety of Organ Transplantation,” and “Brain Death and Organ Transplantation.” These titles reveal not only how medical professionals in Japan perceive the present situatior healthcare but also the Issues that most concern them.


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