Language complexity differs between doctors and patients during contraceptive counseling: A mixed-method study.

The purpose of this study was to assess differences in language complexity for physician and patient speech and describe differences in speech content and literacy for medical office visits related to contraception. In a cross-sectional, mixed-methods study, we invited clinic faculty, residents, and consecutive patients to participate in simulated clinical encounters. Two investigators independently transcribed the recordings of these encounters.

The development of an instrument for measuring healing.

Purpose: Our lack of ability to measure healing attributes impairs our ability to research the topic. The specific aim of this project is to describe the psychological and social construct of healing and to create a valid and reliable measurement scale for attributes of healing.

Methods: A content expert conducted a domain analysis examining the existing literature of midrange theories of healing.