Doctors use social media for reasons ranging from the strictly professional to the highly personal: They connect with colleagues, raise awareness of social issues and educate the public on health topics.
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Patients with incurable cancer want to be informed about their disease and its treatment, but must also maintain hope. This inner conflict can affect how they process information about their prognosis.
Close to half of those who die by suicide saw a primary care doctor within a month of their death.
Research shows that when health care professionals work in a collaborative manner, patient satisfaction and outcomes improve.
Because they help to create a shared understanding, metaphors can play a critical role in navigating the gap between the knowledge patients and health-care providers bring.
Palliative care, often misunderstood, is not synonymous with hospice care.
New studies highlight the difficulties cancer patients have when discussing their illness with family and medical teams.
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Assistant Professor, Departments of Medicine and Oncology, Queen's University, Ontario
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Professor Emeritus of Oncology and Public Health Sciences, Queen's University, Ontario
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Professor, School of Communication, Director, Center for Communication, Health, & the Public Good, San Diego State University
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MD (Internal Medicine Resident) & PhD candidate (Focus on Geriatrics), Dalhousie University
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PhD in Health Candidate, Dalhousie University
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Professor of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh
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Research Associate Professor of Nursing and Health Innovation, Arizona State University
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Chief of Education and Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health, Florida International University
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Assistant Dean for Institutional Knowledge Management and Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health, Florida International University
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Assistant Dean for Student Success and Well-Being and Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health, Florida International University
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Postdoctoral Fellow, School of Journalism, Writing, and Media, University of British Columbia
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Professor of Medical Education, University of Illinois Chicago
