Patient education and counseling

OBJECTIVES: Endometriosis is a chronic disease for which no curative treatment currently exists. The available palliative treatments are not without side effects and must be tailored to the individual expectations and objectives of each pat…

INTRODUCTION: Implicit bias can influence patient-clinician communication through clinician implicit bias (actual) or patients' perception of bias (perceived). Few curricula focus on skills to address implicit bias. We developed and evaluat…

OBJECTIVE: To understand healthcare experiences among patients with uterine fibroids (fibroids) across the continuum of care, from early symptoms through diagnosis, treatment, and management, while also investigating health disparities. ME…

OBJECTIVES: Qualitative research has thoroughly investigated the diagnostic journeys of patients, who have often reported difficulty with healthcare providers regarding the acknowledgement of an organic, pathological cause for their symptom…