In this review epidemiological studies concerning chronic benign pain among adults are
discussed. To this end, studies focusing on chronic pain, reporting prevalences at a population …

Successful aging is an important concept, and one that has been the subject of much
research. During the last 15 years, the emphasis of this research has shifted from formulating …

Context Interest in the teaching of communication skills in medical schools has increased
since the early seventies but, despite this growing interest, relatively limited curricular time is …

In order to understand the discrepancy between rates of child and adolescent psychopathology
and rates of mental health service use, variables influencing the help-seeking process …

Patients' illness representations and beliefs about treatment for depression and anxiety, as
well as their perceived needs, are important for treatment. A systematic review was …

Background: For the second time a plan to monitor public health and health inequalities in
the Netherlands through general practice was put into action: the Second National Survey of …

Preferences for physicians' gender is an obvious and well documented example of
considerations of patients' attitudes. But research carried out in this field is rather limited to the …

Background The purpose of this article is to describe and evaluate the methodology of
online focus group discussions within the setting of paediatric oncology. Methods Qualitative …

Objectives: To investigate the effectiveness of snoezelen, integrated in 24‐hour daily care,
on the behavior and mood of demented nursing home residents. Design: Quasiexperimental …

An important aspect of nursing care is communication with patients. Nurses’ major communication
tasks are not only to inform the patient about his/her disease and treatment, but also to …