Oct. 24 -- FRIDAY, Oct. 23 (HealthDay News) -- Mirroring a societal stigma against the obese, Johns Hopkins researchers report that doctors appear to have less respect for their heavy patients.

(THE CONVERSATION) Sitting barely 6 feet away from me, my patient yelled angrily, his face mask slipping to his upper lip: “No, I will not get vaccinated. And nothing you do or say will change that ...

Patient rights are a fundamental aspect of modern health care, encapsulating key ethical principles and legal protections for individuals receiving medical care. These rights have evolved over the ...

Although patients praise their physicians and nurses, they often feel less respected by nonclinical staff they encounter, according to NRC Health’s 2019 Healthcare Consumer Report. NRC Health, which ...

If you have paid attention to medical news lately, you have almost certainly heard about some emerging uses of artificial intelligence (AI) in medicine, including oncology. Labroots has recently ...

April 2, 2004 — Life-sustaining treatment decisions in patients who have lost their decision-making capacity must first and foremost respect the autonomy of the patient and/or the immediate family, ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Patients with vision-threatening eye diseases who belong to a racial or ethnic minority group reported feeling ...