Communicating bad news to patients is a challenging task that demands sufficient time to allow for an honest discussion that minimizes patient distress and responds to the patient's and family's ...

A recent Medscape poll found half of physicians and more than two out of five nurses and advance practice nurses have delayed giving patients bad news. The poll question was one of four Medscape ...

Physicians who experience mistreatment and discrimination by patients, their families, and visitors are more likely to have symptoms of burnout, according to a study published today in JAMA. These ...

A new survey found sitting in the waiting room for more than 30 minutes, inability to speak with a human being and difficulty ...

The amount of bad debt stemming from patients with insurance increased more than five-fold in a three-year period, hitting providers' financial statements in an already challenging environment. Almost ...

Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Multicenter Trial of 6% Miltefosine Solution, a Topical Chemotherapy in Cutaneous Metastases From Breast Cancer PURPOSE: The purpose of this investigation ...

Patients whose medical beliefs and choices feel incomprehensible, even infuriating, to us clinicians are some of the hardest ...

The Affordable Care Act’s Medicaid expansion and marketplace exchange components opened the doors for more Americans to secure health care coverage than ever before. That should be good news, right?