I try to touch base with the clinic nurses each day before patients and physicians (in that order) start arriving and the usual busyness of the day takes over. A recent early morning conversation centered on one nurse’s frustration with the spouse of a man who had been treated in another city and...

Objectives: To examine the association between attachment orientation and relationships with physicians and nurses among Israeli patients with advanced cancer. Sample & Setting: 52 patients with advanced cancer during active oncologic treatment. Methods & Variables: Eligible patients who...

As a new nurse, I was aware of how judging or stereotyping someone based on religion, gender, culture, or other bias can inhibit a caring nurse–patient relationship. Expectations or preferences of my patients and their family members in certain caregiving scenarios influenced our interactions, and...

I am sure that all of us have been to conferences where, sitting in the audience, the person next to or in front of you reaches up with his or her phone or other device and snaps a photo of whatever is on the screen. Or perhaps you are the one doing just that. I understand the reasons for this; we...