We can add fear of being judged by clinicians to the list of patient stresses, concerns and factors that impact overall satisfaction. Nearly one in five patients lives with this concern, and a new ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Patients with BCVA worse than 20/40 in both eyes reported no fear of surgery vs. 40% of those with BCVA worse ...

Some chronic diseases disproportionately affect Hispanic, Latino and African American people, and optometrists can better ...

A study conducted by researchers at the Palo Alto Medical Foundation Research Institute and the Dartmouth Center for Health Care Delivery Science suggests certain factors, including patients’ fear of ...

Temporary NHS workers fear speaking up about patient safety due to discrimination, an investigation has found, with some subjected to racism. Agency staff told the Health Services Safety ...

Pain perception in affected individuals is more strongly influenced by learned fear than in healthy individuals. Changes along the gut-brain axis related to chronic inflammation may explain this. Many ...

Imagine if you’ve just been diagnosed with a kind of breast cancer you’ve not heard of before and, when you research it, you read those words over and over. And over. “Especially aggressive” “Deadly” ...