Perspectives from persons living with dementia and their caregivers on emergency department visits, care transitions, and outpatient follow-up: A qualitative study
CONCLUSIONS: ED care and care transitions for PLWD are suboptimal, and patient-level factors may exacerbate existing system-level deficiencies. Insight from patients and their caregivers may inform the development of ED interventions to design specialized care for this patient population. This qualitative study also demonstrated the feasibility of conducting ED-based studies on PLWD during their ED visit.PMID:38590030 | DOI:10.1111/acem.14898 (Source: Accident and Emergency Nursing)
Source: Accident and Emergency Nursing - April 9, 2024 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Megan C McHugh Kayla M Muschong Sara M Bradley Alexander X Lo Source Type: research

The Evaluation of Training Oral and Maxillofacial Trainees in Head and Neck Cancer Doctor-Patient Communication Using the Patient Concerns Inventory
CONCLUSION: Although training improved surgeon-patient communication, further evaluation is required with a larger number of trainees and actual consultations in clinic.PMID:38588392 | DOI:10.14712/18059694.2024.9 (Source: Acta Medica: Hradec Kralove)
Source: Acta Medica: Hradec Kralove - April 8, 2024 Category: General Medicine Authors: Emma G Walshaw Simon Rogers Jianhua Wu John Sandars Anastasios Kanatas Source Type: research