“Burden of Difficult Encounters in Primary Care: Data From the Minimizing Error, Maximizing Outcomes Study,” another opportunity for a paradigm shift
Posted in Angry Patients, Burnout, Medical Education, Mindfulness in Medicine, Research/Evidence-Based Medicine, for nurses on Mar 5th, 2009
In the most recent Archives of Internal Medicine, investigators examined the pervasive but poorly understood issue of “the difficult patient encounter” (Arch Intern Med. 2009;169(4):410-414). The authors write “Nearly 1 of 6 outpatient visits is considered difficult by physicians. Difficult encounters are more likely to occur with patients who have a mental disorder, present with [...]