This Is An Important Study Showing How Vital Adolescent Trust Of Healthcare Providers Is.

This appeared last week:https://www.6minutes.com.au/news/when-doctors-explain-privacy-teens-raise-more-sensitive-topicsWhen doctors explain privacy, teens raise more sensitive topics Understanding confidentiality paves the way for more open discussions between adolescents and their doctorsReuters Health17th January 2019Adolescents and young adults may be more willing to talk about sensitive topics with their doctors if they've had a talk about confidentiality, new findings suggest.Only about one-third of adolescents talk about confidentiality with their healthcare provider, but those who report doing so are more likely to discuss potentially sensitive issues, according to the US study in Pediatrics."Sometimes we forget that adolescents don't understand the way the practice operates, the way the clinic operates, so we need to explain that to them," says study author Dr John Santelli of Columbia University in New York.To investigate factors that could facilitate these...
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Source: Australian Health Information Technology - January 25, 2019 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David G More MB PhD Source Type: blogs