The chart note was brief: "Difficult patient. Frequent visits. Demands unnecessary tests." Before I met the patient, I already knew how the story was supposed to go. Every physician has encountered ...

New evidence suggests that difficult patient interactions may leave physicians more anxious, fatigued, and less confident in the care they provide.

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Nearly one-fifth of adult patient encounters in non-psychiatric settings were considered difficult by physicians, a meta-analysis found. The prevalence of difficult encounters was 17% across 10 ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Many dermatologists will encounter an anxious or angry patient at some point during their career. Using ...

If you worry about becoming the victim of violence as a doctor, you’re not alone — according to a recent Medscape report, 43% of doctors surveyed felt not at all or only slightly protected from ...

Close-up of an angry patient pointing his finger at a doctor Physicians can take steps to reduce their risk of being sued by having a low threshold for discharging angry patients from their practice ...

"Patients do not want to be shielded from difficult treatment decisions," says Associate Professor Jannicke Rabben at Norway's University of Agder (UiA). "Even patients who say that the doctor knows ...