Patient Safety: October 2011 Archives

Tuesday October 18, 2011

Want Better Treatment From Your Doctor? Be Likeable

Whether at work or at home, pleasantries can make life a lot easier. And based on the results of a study published in the October 2011 issue of the journal Pain, the same may be true in the doctor's office.
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Categories: Blog Archives, Family Medicine, Patient Safety

 

• December 2011
  • Wed., 14 – Unfinished Business Mailbag
     
  • Thu., 8 – Generation Rx: Mailbag
     
  • Fri., 2 – Generation Rx: The Use and Abuse of Prescription Pain Medication
     
• November 2011
  • Tue., 29 – Generation Rx: Four Days to Go
     
  • Thu., 24 – Generation Rx: Some Quick Thoughts
     
  • Tue., 22 – UK Report Slams Hospital Treatment of Seniors
     
• October 2011
  • Tue., 18 – Want Better Treatment From Your Doctor? Be Likeable
     
• September 2011
  • Wed., 14 – Personal Support Worker Mailbag
     
  • Fri., 9 – WCBA Season Debut: Personal Support Workers and Seniors
     
• August 2011
  • Wed., 10 – Do Mental Health Patients Fall Through the Cracks?
     
• July 2011
  • Tue., 26 – Before You Fire Your MD - Have a Chat
     
  • Tue., 12 – Beware of Small, Rural Hospitals
     
• June 2011
  • Wed., 22 – Sleepy Residents Mailbag
     
  • Thu., 16 – Unifinished Business Show Mailbag
     
  • Wed., 15 – Getting Past Vaccine Skepticism
     
  • Tue., 7 – For Whom the Patient Call Bell Tolls
     
  • Fri., 3 – Mental Health Show
     
• May 2011
  • Wed., 25 – To Err Is Medicine Mailbag
     
  • Fri., 13 – Nursing Home Violence Show
     
  • Fri., 6 – Mother's Milk Show
     
• April 2011
  • Tue., 19 – NHL Concussions: Time to Act!
     
  • Fri., 15 – MS Zamboni: Here We Go Again
     
  • Thu., 14 – Overdiagnosed Mailbag
     
  • Wed., 13 – Beware of "Off-Label" Prescribing
     
  • Tue., 12 – Older Doctors: Update
     
  • Tue., 5 – Take Two Pills and Skype Me in the Morning
     
• March 2011
  • Thu., 31 – Older Doctors Mailbag
     
  • Fri., 18 – Older Doctors Show
     
  • Thu., 17 – Concierge Mailbag
     
  • Wed., 16 – Does Your Doctor Check Your Medical Tests?
     
  • Fri., 4 – A Leaky Medical Gadget?
     
  • Tue., 1 – Rrrrroll Up the Rrrrrim to Live?
     
• February 2011
  • Tue., 22 – Getting Older Drivers Off the Road: An MD's Lament
     
  • Thu., 17 – Listen to Me Mailbag
     
  • Tue., 15 – Beware the Blood Test Not Checked
     
• January 2011
  • Thu., 27 – Hospital Fixer Mailbag
     
  • Tue., 25 – Surgeons and Suicidal Thoughts: Behind the Mask
     
  • Mon., 24 – Why I Respect Eastern Health's CEO
     
  • Fri., 21 – The Hospital Fixer Show
     
  • Tue., 18 – Surgeons Need Some Understanding
     
  • Fri., 14 – Medical Tourism show
     
  • Fri., 7 – Patient Privacy show
     
• December 2010
  • Mon., 13 – MS Zamboni Treatment: Dr. Goldman Interview
     
  • Wed., 8 – Public Health, Private Lives: Thank Yous
     
  • Wed., 8 – Public Health, Private Lives: Live Chat on December 8, 2010
     
  • Fri., 3 – The Stress Show
     
  • Thu., 2 – Sneak Peek: Public Health, Private Lives
     
• November 2010
  • Mon., 22 – MS Zamboni Treatment: Where are We Now?
     
  • Tue., 16 – MS Zamboni Treatment: new developments
     
  • Fri., 12 – In Sickness and In Health
     
  • Wed., 10 – Wednesday Mailbag
     
  • Fri., 5 – Healthy Design
     
• October 2010
  • Thu., 28 – Thursday Mailbag
     
  • Fri., 22 – Sex, Lies and Medical Mistakes Episode
     
  • Wed., 20 – Wednesday Mailbag
     
  • Mon., 18 – More Excerpts from Our Townhall
     
  • Sat., 16 – 'To Err is Medicine' Townhall Episode
     
  • Thu., 14 – Sneak Preview of Our Medical Errors Town Hall
     
  • Tue., 12 – Town Hall Tonight
     
  • Sat., 9 – Pain: a Terrible and Misunderstood Affliction
     
  • Fri., 8 – To Err Is Medicine? Meet Our Panel of Experts
     
  • Thu., 7 – To Err is Medicine? Anatomy of a Modern Problem
     
• September 2010
  • Wed., 22 – Wednesday Mailbag
     
  • Tue., 21 – Where the environmental rubber hits the road....
     
  • Wed., 15 – Wednesday Mailbag: Reaction to MS Show
     
  • Mon., 13 – Newfoundland and Labrador puts its money down
     
• August 2010
  • Wed., 11 – Medical Errors: a list you don't want to ignore
     
• July 2010
  • Wed., 21 – Tasers in the ER? You've got to be Kidding!