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Getting to "no": strategies primary care physicians use to deny patient requestsDebora A Paterniti
Division of General Medicine, University of California Davis, 4150 V Street, Sacramento, CA 95817, USA
Arch Intern Med 170:381-8. 2010..Physicians need strategies for addressing patient requests for medically inappropriate tests and treatments. We examined communication processes that physicians use to deal with patient requests of questionable appropriateness...
"I'm going to die of something anyway": women's perceptions of tamoxifen for breast cancer risk reductionDebora A Paterniti
Center for Health Services Research in Primary Care, University of California, Davis, Sacramento, CA 95817, USA
Ethn Dis 15:365-72. 2005..To investigate how ethnically diverse women who are eligible for tamoxifen prophylaxis because of their breast cancer risk decide about tamoxifen use for risk reduction...
From physician-centered to community-oriented perspectives on health care: assessing the efficacy of community-based trainingDebora A Paterniti
Center for Health Services Research in Primary Care, University of California Davis, 2103 Stockton Blvd, Suite 2224, Sacramento, CA 95817, USA
Acad Med 81:347-53. 2006..To understand the influence of a community-based child advocacy block rotation on the perspectives of first-year pediatric residents and whether this influence persists...
Feeling labeled, judged, lectured, and rejected by family and friends over depression: cautionary results for primary care clinicians from a multi-centered, qualitative studyErik Fernandez Y-Garcia
Department of Pediatrics, University of California, Davis, School of Medicine, Sacramento, CA, USA
BMC Fam Pract 13:64. 2012....
Relational barriers to depression help-seeking in primary careRichard L Kravitz
Department of Internal Medicine, Division of General Medicine, University of California Davis School of Medicine, Sacramento, CA 95817, USA
Patient Educ Couns 82:207-13. 2011..To identify attitudinal and interpersonal barriers to depression care-seeking and disclosure in primary care and in so doing, evaluate the primary care paradigm for depression care in the United States...
Community-based advocacy training: applying asset-based community development in resident educationLaura Hufford
Department of Pediatrics, University of California, Davis, School of Medicine, Sacramento, California 95817, USA
Acad Med 84:765-70. 2009..CPT is unique because it provides a model of service learning that emphasizes identifying and utilizing strengths and building capacity. This approach differs from the traditional medical model, which emphasizes deficits and needs...
Overcoming barriers to cancer clinical trial accrual: impact of a mass media campaignAri Umutyan
University of California Davis Cancer Center, Sacramento, California 95817, USA
Cancer 112:212-9. 2008..The authors assessed willingness to participate in and accrual to CCT...
Is residents' progress on individualized learning plans related to the type of learning goal set?Su Ting T Li
Department of Pediatrics, University of California, Davis, School of Medicine, Sacramento, California, USA
Acad Med 86:1293-9. 2011..To determine the types of learning goals residents select for their individualized learning plans (ILPs) and the relationship between goal type and progress toward achieving that goal...
An academic-marketing collaborative to promote depression care: a tale of two culturesRichard L Kravitz
Department of Internal Medicine, University of California at Davis, Sacramento, USA
Patient Educ Couns 90:411-9. 2013..This paper aims to describe a collaboration between academic researchers and a marketing firm working to produce demographically targeted public service anouncements (PSAs) designed to enhance depression care-seeking in primary care...
Successful self-directed lifelong learning in medicine: a conceptual model derived from qualitative analysis of a national survey of pediatric residentsSu Ting T Li
Department of Pediatrics, University of California, Davis, Sacramento, USA
Acad Med 85:1229-36. 2010..The authors develop a model for successful self-directed learning by analyzing qualitative data from a national survey of residents...
Networked for change? Identifying obstetric opinion leaders and assessing their opinions on caesarean deliveryRichard L Kravitz
Center for Health Services Research in Primary Care, University of California, Davis, 4150 V Street Suite 2500, Sacramento, CA 95817, USA
Soc Sci Med 57:2423-34. 2003..However, they did not consistently support policies designed to reduce the caesarean delivery rate. The results have implications for the generalizability of opinion leader strategies...
Marketing therapeutic precision: Potential facilitators and barriers to adoption of n-of-1 trialsRichard L Kravitz
Division of General Medicine and Center for Healthcare Policy and Research, University of California, Davis, Sacramento, California, 95817, USA
Contemp Clin Trials 30:436-45. 2009..To learn why, we interviewed physicians and patients, focusing on the perceived benefits and drawbacks of n-of-1 trials and factors influencing these perceptions...
Encouraging patients with depressive symptoms to seek care: a mixed methods approach to message developmentRobert A Bell
Department of Communication, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA
Patient Educ Couns 78:198-205. 2010..To assess the message preferences of individuals affected by depression as part of a project that will evaluate interventions to encourage at-risk patients to talk to their physicians about depression...
An approach to develop effective health care decision making for women in prisonSheila R Enders
Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Hematology Oncology, University of California, Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, CA 95817, USA
J Palliat Med 8:432-9. 2005..Maintaining a balance between the Eighth Amendment rights of prisoners and their status as wards of the state is a concern for inmates and for those responsible for their care...
Physician communication when prescribing new medicationsDerjung M Tarn
Department of Family Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, 10880 Wilshire Blvd, Suite 1800, Los Angeles, CA 90024, USA
Arch Intern Med 166:1855-62. 2006..This article describes and assesses the quality of physician communication with patients about newly prescribed medications...
Discussing depression with Vietnamese American patientsTonya L Fancher
Department of Internal Medicine, University of California Davis Medical Center, 3100 Patient Support Services Building, Sacramento, CA 95718, USA
J Immigr Minor Health 12:263-6. 2010..Asian patients preferentially seek mental health care from their primary care providers but are unlikely to receive it. Primary care providers need culturally-informed strategies for addressing stigmatizing illnesses...
Asian Americans and cancer clinical trials: a mixed-methods approach to understanding awareness and experienceDebora A Paterniti
Center for Health Services Research in Primary Care, University of California Davis Cancer Center, Sacramento, CA 95817, USA
Cancer 104:3015-24. 2005....
Diffusion of surgical techniques in early stage breast cancer: variables related to adoption and implementation of sentinel lymph node biopsyKimberly A Vanderveen
Department of Surgery, Division of Surgical Oncology, University of California, Davis, Cancer Center, 4501 X Street, Suite 3010, Sacramento, California 95817, USA
Ann Surg Oncol 14:1662-9. 2007....
Evaluation of factors affecting awareness of and willingness to participate in cancer clinical trialsPrimo N Lara
University of California Davis Cancer Center, Sacramento, CA 95817, USA
J Clin Oncol 23:9282-9. 2005..We evaluated the level of awareness of patients and/or their family members/friends regarding CCTs and SB37...
Anticoagulation education: do patients understand potential medication-related emergencies?Christopher J Moreland
University of California, Davis, CA, USA
Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf 39:22-31. 2013..A study was conducted to investigate how well patients assess the risks and consequences of potential warfarin-related safety threats...
Older patient, physician and pharmacist perspectives about community pharmacists' rolesDerjung M Tarn
Department of Family Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles CA 900024, USA
Int J Pharm Pract 20:285-93. 2012..To investigate older patient, physician and pharmacist perspectives about the role of pharmacists in pharmacist-patient interactions...
Patient preferences for physician characteristics in university-based primary care clinicsJorge A Garcia
Department of Internal Medicine Division of General Medicine, Center for Health Services Research in Primary Care, University of California, Davis School of Medicine, Sacramento, California 95817 1498, USA
Ethn Dis 13:259-67. 2003..To examine patient preferences for age-,gender-, and racial/ethnic-concordant primary care physicians...
Burnout assessment in house officers: evaluation of an intervention to reduce stressJay M Milstein
Department of Pediatrics, University of California, Davis Health System, Sacramento, CA 95817, USA
Med Teach 31:338-41. 2009..Medical house officers are at increased risk for stress related symptoms leading to professional burnout...
Factors affecting physicians' responses to patients' requests for antidepressants: focus group studyAleksey Tentler
Rochester Center to Improve Communication in Health Care, Department of Family Medicine, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY, USA
J Gen Intern Med 23:51-7. 2008..The ways in which patients' requests for antidepressants affect physicians' prescribing behavior are poorly understood...
Physician communication about the cost and acquisition of newly prescribed medicationsDerjung M Tarn
Department of Family Medicine, The David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, 10880 Wilshire Blvd, Ste 1800, Los Angeles, CA 90024, USA
Am J Manag Care 12:657-64. 2006..To describe the frequency and content of physician discussions about the cost and acquisition of new medications...
Racial and ethnic disparities in the use of health services: bias, preferences, or poor communication?Carol M Ashton
Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Tex, USA
J Gen Intern Med 18:146-52. 2003..We evaluate the evidence that poor communication is a cause of disparities and propose some remedies drawn from the communication sciences...
Medical student attitudes toward the doctor-patient relationshipPaul Haidet
Houston Veterans Affairs Medical Centre, Texas 77030, USA
Med Educ 36:568-74. 2002..Medical educators have emphasized the importance of teaching patient-centred care...
How much time does it take to prescribe a new medication?Derjung M Tarn
Department of Family Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90024, USA
Patient Educ Couns 72:311-9. 2008..To measure the length of time spent discussing all aspects of new prescriptions and guideline-recommended aspects of counseling, and to evaluate factors associated with duration of discussion...
Medicare beneficiary knowledge: measurement implications from a qualitative studyCayla R Teal
Baylor College of Medicine and the Michael E DeBakey VA Medical Center, Houston, USA
Health Care Financ Rev 27:13-23. 2006..Assessment of beneficiary knowledge may be fundamentally impacted by absence of basic familiarity with Medicare Programs terminology...
Not the same everywhere. Patient-centered learning environments at nine medical schoolsPaul Haidet
the Michael E DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
J Gen Intern Med 21:405-9. 2006..This field of inquiry lacks survey methods and information about how learning environments differ across medical schools...
Race and patient refusal of invasive cardiac proceduresHoward S Gordon
Houston Center for Quality of Care and Utilization Studies, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA
J Gen Intern Med 19:962-6. 2004..To determine whether patients' decisions are an important determinant of nonuse of invasive cardiac procedures and whether decisions vary by race...
"Building" a history rather than "taking" one: a perspective on information sharing during the medical interviewPaul Haidet
Houston Center for Quality of Care and Utilization Studies, Houston Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 2002 Holcombe Boulevard 152, Houston, TX 77030, USA
Arch Intern Med 163:1134-40. 2003..We suggest a framework of skills and attitudes that can act as a foundation for future work in educating practitioners and researching the medical interview...
