Background Medical tourism involves patients intentionally leaving their home country to
access non-emergency health care services abroad. Growth in the popularity of this practice …

Objective: To identify the processes, surgeons use to establish patient buy-in to
postoperative treatments. Background: Surgeons generally believe they confirm the patient's …

Changes in cognition, behaviour and emotion frequently occur in patients with primary and
secondary brain tumours. This impacts the ability to make considered decisions, especially …

Background Medical tourism describes the private purchase and arrangement of medical
care by patients across international borders. Increasing numbers of medical facilities in …

Background Little is known about the opportunities for shared decision-making when older
high-risk patients are offered major surgery. This study examines how, when, and why …

Objective: To examine how surgeons use the “fix-it” model to communicate with patients
before high-risk operations. Background: The “fix-it” model characterizes disease as an …

In health care, informed consent refers to the process whereby the patient and the health
care practitioner engage in a dialogue about a proposed medical treatment's nature …

All surgery carries risk. Both surgeon and patient enter into an agreement acknowledging a
certain level of risk for a belief in benefit. The surgeon, with considerably more experience …

Introduction Patient complaints about physicians are strongly associated with malpractice
risk. Physicians at high risk for lawsuits tend to have poor communication skills and are more …

Background Previous studies of surgeon behavior report that surgeons rarely meet basic
standards of informed consent, raising concerns that current practice requires urgent …