Patient Participation - Psychology
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Asymmetrical knowledge claims in general practice consultations with frequently attending patients: limitations and opportunities for patient participation.

Aug 2009 Asymmetry of knowledge does not simply relate to knowing or not knowing. Participants in consultations also display normative entitlements to knowledge which are related to their identities in the interaction. Claims of entitlement to knowledge are ... Read more...

Perceived control and involvement in self care in patients with colorectal cancer.

30 Jul 2009 AIM: This paper reports the qualitative findings from a mixed methods study which explored patients' understandings of perceived control in relation to their self care during chemotherapy for colorectal cancer. BACKGROUND: A greater degree of ... Read more...

Suspected multiple sclerosis - what to do? Evaluation of a patient information leaflet.

20 Jul 2009 BACKGROUND: Parallel to the establishment of early treatments in multiple sclerosis (MS), new diagnostic criteria have made an earlier diagnosis possible. While there is ongoing discussion about possible benign courses and only partial effective ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Patient Participation - Psychology'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Perspective of the patient and family: the TCAB approach is visible to and appreciated by patients. Interview by Laurie Lewis. 30 Oct 2009
• Ring! Ring!: safeguarding patient information with password protection for phone calls. 30 Oct 2009
• Improving communication among nurses, patients, and physicians. 30 Oct 2009
• Asymmetrical knowledge claims in general practice consultations with frequently attending patients: limitations and opportunities for patient participation. Aug 2009
• Perceived control and involvement in self care in patients with colorectal cancer. 30 Jul 2009
• Suspected multiple sclerosis - what to do? Evaluation of a patient information leaflet. 20 Jul 2009
• An account of collective actions in public health. 14 Jul 2009
• Compliance: a concept analysis. 29 Jun 2009
• [The role of patient-related factors in the delay of treatment of acute myocardial infarction] 29 Jun 2009
• Advance directive use and psychosocial characteristics: an analysis of patients enrolled in a psychosocial cancer registry. 29 Jun 2009
• The struggle for dignity by people with severe functional disabilities. 29 Jun 2009
• Health decision-making preferences among African American men recruited from urban barbershops. 29 Jun 2009
• [The preoperative anaesthetic visit] 29 Jun 2009
• End-of-life care--decisions with dignity. 29 Jun 2009
• The obligation to participate in biomedical research. 29 Jun 2009
• A comparison of four tests of cognition as predictors of inability to perform spirometry in old age. 22 Jun 2009
• The effect of depression and cognitive impairment on enrollment in Medicare Part D. 6 Jun 2009
• Code status discussions and goals of care among hospitalised adults. 30 May 2009
• Bottom-up approach to successful implementation of pharmaceutical policy. 30 May 2009
• Enrolling adolescents in asthma research: adolescent, parent, and physician influence in the decision-making process. 30 May 2009

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Technical information about 'Patient Participation'

Definition: Patient involvement in the decision-making process in matters pertaining to health.

Descriptor UI: D010358

Alternative terms: Patient Participation; Participation, Patient; Patient Participation Rates; Participation Rate, Patient; Participation Rates, Patient; Patient Participation Rate; Rate, Patient Participation; Rates, Patient Participation;

Related Mesh Headings: Refusal to Participate;

Allowable Qualifiers: economics; history; legislation & jurisprudence; methods; psychology; statistics & numerical data; trends; utilization;

Tree Number: N02.421.143.262.300; N03.540.245.360.300; N05.300.150.600.620;

History Note: 78

Technical Notes: "patient involvement in the decision-making process in matters pertaining to health"; do not confuse with PATIENT COMPLIANCE (see note there)