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Diabetes Mellitus* ; Physician's Role*

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Korea ; Physician's Practice Patterns

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Korea ; Physician's Practice Patterns

Background: The doctor-patient relationship has been recognized throughout the history of medicine and its importance was emphasized in the delivery of healthcare services and health outcomes. One of the major roles of empathy is changing a pathologic mind’s configuration, and the establishment of a linkage between a doctor and patient is a crucial element of a strong therapeutic alliance and health outcome. This is an element to gain trust and comprehension to sustain a good communication and to eliminate burden for both the doctor and the patient. Objective: To determine the empathy scores of Physicians of Region 1 Medical Center (R1MC) Department of Family and Community Medicine (DFCM) towards patients. Methods: This was a purely descriptive study thru survey of DFCM physicians conducted among patients catered at the DFCM OPD of R1MC. Result: In this study, the authors had a total 614 respondent from the six different districts in Pangasinan. All of them were able to answer the questionnaire based on Consultation and Relational Empathy (CARE) model which was utilized in this study in assessing the empathy score of Family and Community Medicine Department Physicians in Region I Medical Center. The overall mean CARE Measure score was 48.77 (SD 3.38) and 77.2% achieved the maximum possible score of 50. Conclusion Based on the findings and analysis of the data gathered in this research study using CARE Measure, we therefore concluded that physicians from the Department of Family and Community Medicine of Region I Medical Center showed great empathy towards patients as based on the empathy score of excellent.
Physician-Patient Relations

Objective: This study adapted and translated the Trust in Oncologist Scale (TiOS) into the Tagalog Trust in Ophthalmologist Scale (TTOS) and validated the latter. Methods: The 18-item TiOS questionnaire was translated into Tagalog and validated in a cohort of 200 Filipino ophthalmology patients of a single institution. Internal consistency, construct validity, and test-retest reliabilities were determined. Exploratory factor analyses were also performed. Results: The TTOS showed high internal consistency with Cronbach alpha of 0.92, high reliability with Pearson's coefficient of 0.85, and high validity with Spearman’s coefficient of 0.67. Conclusion The TTOS is a valid and reliable tool to measure the level of trust of Filipino patients in their ophthalmologists.
patient-physician relationship

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Humans ; Physician-Patient Relations ; Communication

This cross-sectional and retrospective study was carried out on 1,200 outpatients who were examined and treated by health insurance at 4 suburban in Hanoi from 1998 to 1999. By interviewing health staffs and these outpatients, investigating of examination and treatment by health insurance at the commune health stations, the results showed that: about 50% of the patients had health insurance card went to district health centers, resulting in overload, so that patients had to wait for long time and pay more money, and examination and treatment at the commune health station is necessary. Health insurance officers, health staffs and patients were unanimous to deploy examination and treatment by health insurance at the commune health stations
Insurance, Health ; Outpatients ; Insurance, Physician Services

This paper propounds two main theses. First, it asserts that the boundaries of the doctor-patient relationship are not clearly delineated, but they are clarified by the clarified contexts in which they are formed. Second, there is a need to formulate a set of guidelines that are flexible enough to accommodate ambiguous situations and yet definitive enough to define the limits of the interaction between the doctor and the patient. In order to advance the aforementioned theses, this paper will clarify what boundary transgressions are, how they come about, and how they could avoided.
Human ; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS ; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS

Medicine is a science studying human's health and diseases as well as the regularity between them. Its research subject is human, who possess natural attribute, psychological attribute and social attribute. Therefore, medicine is bound to possess humanistic attribute. Rooted in Chinese traditional culture, Traditional Chinese Medicine contains abundant humanistic thoughts, for instance, pursuing the unity of human and nature, advocating the vital importance of life, sticking to the virtue of "medicine being humane art", abiding by the principle of "Benevolence prior to interest", complying with the medical rule of "Respecting peers". These are the very concrete reflections of medical humanistic spirit. In this article we aim to explore the humanistic thoughts contained in Traditional Chinese Medicine, and try to inherit and carry forward the spirit to better relieve the tensions between doctors and patients and improve the quality of medical services.
Humans ; Medicine, Chinese Traditional ; Physician-Patient Relations

Programs that promote health through schools (school health programs), when delivered through schools that are themselves organized to promote health (health-promoting schools), are one of the essential means through which the twin goals of "Health for All by the Year 2000" and "Education for All" can be achieved. There are numerous evidences that school health programs are cost-effective and highly beneficial for adolescents themselves and communities they are belonged to. These days, the world's trend for school health programs has two directions. One is that to achieve best goals for school health, well-organized efforts are needed from governments, communities, schools, parents, and doctors. So, a new concept of 'comprehensive school health programs' is emerging. The other is that physicians should play an active roles not only for the school health promotion and school health education but also for the other steps including marking polices, and advising community members who are concerned with school health services. Now, it is also time for Korean doctors to be an advocate for comprehensive school programmes and to participate actively in those programs.
Adolescent ; Education ; Humans ; Parents ; Physician's Role ; School Health Services*