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Periodicals/Articles

• Baumann AO, Deber RB, Silverman BE, Mallette, CM. Who cares? Who cures? The ongoing debate in the provision of health care. Journal of Advanced Nursing.1998;28(5):1040-5
  
• Bensing J. Doctor-patient communication and the quality of care. Soc Sci Med. 1991;32:1301-1310
  
• Brock CD., Salinsky JV. Empathy: an essential skill for understanding the physician-patient relationship in clinical practice. Family Medicine. 1993;25(4):245-8
  
• Buller MK, Buller DB. Physicians’ communication style and patient satisfaction. Journal of Health and Social Behavior. 1987;28:375-388
  
• Carmel S., Glick SM. Compassionate-empathic physicians: personality traits and social organizational factors that enhance or inhabit this behavior pattern. Social Science & Medicine. 1996;43(8):1253-61
  
• Emanuel EJ., Dubler NN. Preserving the physician-patient relationship in the era of managed care. JAMA. 1995;273(4):323-9
  
• Farber NJ, Novack DH, O'Brien, MK. Love, boundaries and the patient-physician relationship. Archives of Internal Medicine. 1997;157(20): 2291-4
  
• Fricchione GL. Illness and the Origin of Caring. The Journal of Medical Humanities.1993;
  14:15-20
  
• Fishbein, RH. Scholarship, humanism, and the young physician. Academic Medicine.1999;74(6): 646-61
  
• Gianakos D. Empathy Revisited. Archives of Internal Medicine 1996;156:135-136
  
• Graber DR, Mitcham MD. Compassionate clinicians: take patient care beyond the ordinary. Holist Nurs Pract. 2004;18(2):87-94
  
• Lee, S. Back, Anthony L, Block, Susan D.and Stewart, Susan K. Enhancing Physician-Patient Communication Hematology. 2002;464-483
  
• Lown, B, M.D. The Lost Art of Healing: Practicing Compassion in Medicine. Ballantine Books. 1999; First Ball edition
  
• Martin, Randolph P. President’s message an “A” and four “C”s American Society of Echocardiography. July 2003;16:7
  
• Meier DE, Back AL, Morrison RS.The inner life of physicians and care of the seriously ill. JAMA. 2003; 286(23): 3007-14
  
• Spiro H. What is empathy and can it be taught? Annals of Internal Medicine. 1992;116(10): 843-6
  
• Squier RW. A model of empathic understanding and adherence to treatment regimens in practitioner-patient relationships. Soc Sci Med. 1990;30(3):325-39
  
• Wessel, Morris A. The Role of the Primary Pediatrician When a Child Dies Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 1998;152:837-838
  
• Zinn W. The empathic physician. Arch of Inter Med. 1993;153(3):306-12
  
  Articles from the Internet
• Listen to the patient... Real Health Daily Dose - April 4, 2003
• Teaching Doctors to Talk - Medical Breakthroughs - Reported by Ivanhoe - January 27, 2003
• An Inside Look at the Role of a Pediatric Oncology Nurse Practitioner -By Susan Wessllng, On Call Magazine - June/July, 2004

Compassionate Care in the ICU - Practitioners witness death on a regular basis in the intensive care unit. For that reason, one might think that they would be comfortable talking with patients and families about end-of-life issues. Ironically, this is not the case. The program features interviews with six thought leaders in compassionate care.

Defining the Patient-Physician Relationship for the 21st Century
This document reflects the conferees’ beliefs about what constitutes an ideal patient physician relationship. It specifically does not address barriers to reaching that ideal or strategies for overcoming those barriers. That remains the continuing task for all of us.

Doctors Favor Patient-Centered Care, Few Practice It
A new national survey finds that while a wide majority of physicians are in favor of "patient-centered care," less than a quarter score high in incorporating patient-friendly practices into the care they deliver.

 Last Update August 21, 2008