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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Low-dose oral midazolam reduces fear and distress during needle procedures in children with cancer.

13 Dec 2009 BACKGROUND: Children with cancer often mention needle procedures as the most frightening, distressing, and sometimes painful aspect of the disease and treatment. The aim was to investigate whether children experience less fear, distress, and/or pain ... Read more...

Impact of written and photographic instruction sheets on patient behavior after cataract surgery.

29 Sep 2009 PURPOSE: To evaluate the extent to which patients unnecessarily restrict activities of daily living after routine cataract surgery and to test interventions to increase activity. SETTING: Day treatment center, London, United Kingdom. METHODS: In ... Read more...

Prostate cancer screening decisions: results from the National Survey of Medical Decisions (DECISIONS study).

26 Sep 2009 BACKGROUND: Guidelines recommend informing patients about the risks and benefits of prostate cancer screening. We evaluated the medical decision-making process for prostate-specific antigen (PSA) testing. METHODS: We conducted a telephone survey of ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Patients'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Low-dose oral midazolam reduces fear and distress during needle procedures in children with cancer. 13 Dec 2009
• Lovenox hurts. 18 Oct 2009
• ASCO Rx for high drug costs: doctors and patients need to talk. 12 Oct 2009
• Dangers in using translated medical questionnaires: the importance of conceptual equivalence across languages and cultures in patient-reported outcome measures. 29 Sep 2009
• Impact of written and photographic instruction sheets on patient behavior after cataract surgery. 29 Sep 2009
• Prostate cancer screening decisions: results from the National Survey of Medical Decisions (DECISIONS study). 26 Sep 2009
• Fear of statins? 13 Sep 2009
• [Patient needs for consultation with pharmacists] 30 Aug 2009
• Living with Ankylosing Spondylitis: the patient's perspective. 30 Aug 2009
• "Maybe I made up the whole thing": placebos and patients' experiences in a randomized controlled trial. 30 Aug 2009
• Practice patterns in the management of fungal corneal ulcers. 30 Aug 2009
• [PSUR - Instrument for pharmacovigilance and patient safety. What pharmacists should know about periodic safety update reports] 30 Aug 2009
• Qualitative exploration of a client-centered, goal-directed approach to community-based occupational therapy for adults with traumatic brain injury. 30 Aug 2009
• Use of the Internet for health information: a study of Australians and New Zealanders. 30 Aug 2009
• Opportunities and challenges of Web 2.0 within the health care systems: an empirical exploration. 30 Aug 2009
• Comparison of student productivity in four-handed clinic and regular unassisted clinic. 30 Aug 2009
• Dental school patients with limited English proficiency: the California experience. 30 Aug 2009
• Patients as teachers, medical students as filmmakers: the video slam, a pilot study. 30 Aug 2009
• Discussing treatment preferences with patients who want "everything". 30 Aug 2009
• Amendment to the ICNIRP "Statement on medical magnetic resonance (MR) procedures: protection of patients". 30 Aug 2009

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Technical information about 'Patients'

Definition: Individuals participating in the health care system for the purpose of receiving therapeutic, diagnostic, or preventive procedures.

Descriptor UI: D010361

Alternative terms: Patients; Patient; Clients; Client;

Related Mesh Headings: Inpatients; Outpatients;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; history; legislation & jurisprudence; psychology; statistics & numerical data;

Tree Number: M01.643;

Online Note: search PATIENTS/ED under PATIENT EDUCATION 1966-79

History Note: /education was used for indexing 1966-79; was in Cat G & M 1963-67

Technical Notes: GEN only, irrespective of disease; patients as people or as a social, sociol, psychol, etc., group; do not confuse the patient with the disease: the "tuberculotic patient" = TUBERCULOSIS & not also PATIENTS; Manual 34.13