Meta-analysis points to characteristics associated with perceived difficulty ...

In nonpsychiatric settings, primary care physicians consider 17% of their patients as “difficult,” particularly those who ...

As rewarding as being a healthcare provider is, there are also stressful moments, sometimes brought on by the need to deal with difficult patients. In fact, physicians say up to 15 percent of patient ...

Jeffrey L. Jackson, M.D., M.P.H., from the Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee, and colleagues estimated the prevalence of difficult patient encounters among adults seen in nonpsychiatric ...

The difficult patient often upsets the staff, sends negative reverberations throughout the practice, causes stress and frustration, and can even cause a loss of revenue based on their behaviors and ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . At least once a week, Emily L. Weis, MD, MS, says she has a challenging consult or patient interaction in her ...

Have you ever felt like a “bad patient?” It might not be all in your head if you think a doctor is annoyed with you. When I began working in hospitals and clinics, I learned of an ominous ...

Here are three difficult-airway protocols for healthcare facilities to identify difficult-to-intubate patients across different departments and teams, developed by anesthesiologists at Sunrise, ...

Receiving a breast cancer diagnosis can be a life-altering experience, and it can also feel like you’re the only one going through this. But about 316,950 new cases of invasive breast cancer will be ...