Nearly one-fifth of adult patient encounters in non-psychiatric settings were considered difficult by physicians, a meta-analysis found. The prevalence of difficult encounters was 17% across 10 ...

In nonpsychiatric settings, primary care physicians consider 17% of their patients as “difficult,” particularly those who have anxiety or depression, according to research published Jan. 12 in Annals ...

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Patient engagement has matured from aspiration to necessity as precision medicine moves from laboratory concept to bedside. Cutting-edge therapies increasingly target narrowly defined genetic or ...

The health policy landscape continues to evolve, creating new opportunities to advance meaningful progress, especially on issues that have long been on the policy agenda, such as ensuring patient ...

Physicians viewed 17% of patient encounters as difficult, according to a meta-analysis. Patient characteristics associated with perceived difficulty included personality disorders, depression, anxiety ...