As rewarding as being a healthcare provider is, there are also stressful moments, sometimes brought on by the need to deal with difficult patients. In fact, physicians say up to 15 percent of patient ...

The difficult patient often upsets the staff, sends negative reverberations throughout the practice, causes stress and frustration, and can even cause a loss of revenue based on their behaviors and ...

My patient’s wife glared at me from across his bed, where she stood flanked by a half-dozen friends. My patient, lying ...

A theatre company is using drama training to help doctors deal with challenging patients. Hull Truck Theatre's classes ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . At least once a week, Emily L. Weis, MD, MS, says she has a challenging consult or patient interaction in her ...

What Do People Affected by Cancer Think About Electronic Health Information Exchange? Results From the 2010 LIVESTRONG Electronic Health Information Exchange Survey and the 2008 Health Information ...

“Oncology nurses are unique in that we see patients for a long time. We get to know their families. We see them through graduation, through weddings, progression of disease, recurrence,” said ...

On this week's "My Unsung Hero" from Hidden Brain, Mark Metersky was a medical student at a New York City hospital. He was frustrated with one of his patients when he saw something that surprised him.

Imagine being a dentist, and your clients roll their eyes at you, comment that you don’t know what you’re doing – or even ...