Here are the seven traits listed by the patients, along with the patients' definitions of those traits:
- Confident: "The doctor's confidence gives me confidence."
- Empathetic: "The doctor tries to understand what I am feeling and experiencing, physically and emotionally, and communicates that understanding to me."
- Humane: "The doctor is caring, compassionate, and kind."
- Personal: "The doctor is interested in me more than just as a patient, interacts with me, and remembers me as an individual."
- Forthright: "The doctor tells me what I need to know in plain language and in a forthright manner."
- Respectful: "The doctor takes my input seriously and works with me."
- Thorough: "The doctor is conscientious and persistent."
That list isn't in any particular order. The researchers didn't check whether confidence was more important to patients than respectful treatment, for instance. The Mayo Foundation funded the study.
One patient put it this way in the study:
"We want doctors who can empathize and understand our needs as a whole person. ... We want to feel that our doctors have incredible knowledge in their field. But every doctor needs to know how to apply their knowledge with wisdom and relate to us as plain folks who are capable of understanding our disease and treatment."
It's natural for patients to want caring caregivers. He drafted a list of seven traits that are the opposite of those mentioned in the study:
- Timid
- Uncaring
- Misleading
- Cold
- Callous
- Disrespectful
- Hurried
"Can healthcare really ever be high quality if the patient-physician interaction is hurried, disrespectful, cold, callous, or uncaring?"
Report: Cut down Mobile use:Cell phone may cause cancer, the World Health Organization announced Tuesday.There is not enough long-term data to link cancer and cell phone use directly, reported a group of 31 scientists from 14 countries. But there is enough information to issue an alert.
WHO now groups cell phones in the same hazard category as chloroform, lead, and engine smoke.
Children use cell phones only in emergencies because their brains are still developing, and that adults should keep cell phones away from their head, using the speakerphone or a wireless headset. Excessive use of mobiles could lead to health hazards in general and cancer in particular. It is not just cancer, mobiles can affect peoples’ hormonal levels, lead to nerve tumor in the ears, and even anxiety about the ring tones. Radiation from the mobile phones and mobile towers, poses serious health risks, including loss of memory ,lack of concentration, disturbance in the digestive system and sleep disturbances.
-Dr.M.Suryanaryanan
02.06.2011
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