Publications by authors named "Judith Fadlon"

To explore the ways in which biomedical culture responds to the new curricular addition of communication skills training, we observed activities related to the communication skills training of a class of 70 first-year medical students in an Israeli medical school during 2002-3. In addition, focus groups were conducted with medical students (n = 210) during 1998-2001. A gap was found between the rhetoric of "patient-centered communication" and "empathy" and the traditional concerns of medical authority, efficiency, and scientism.

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A variety of reasons can explain the paternalistic relationship between doctor and patient that prevailed for centuries. Undoubtedly, the exclusive control exercised by doctors over medical knowledge, constitutes a primary reason for the perpetuation of this relationship. However, in the past few generations, substantial changes have evolved in the nature of the physician-patient encounter.

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Objectives: To discuss the problems encountered teaching interviewing skills to first year medical students and describe their responses to a structured workshop in interviewing skills.

Methods: Focus groups and a short evaluation questionnaire filled in by 56 first year medical students before and after a workshop in interviewing skills were used.

Results: All students evaluated their skills very highly prior to the workshop.

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In recent years, non-conventional medicine (NCM) has grown tremendously in popularity and economic importance. This paper explores a relatively unresearched phenomenon: patients' dissatisfaction with non-conventional medical treatment they have received. 16 out of 20 patients who had severed their contact with a large, hospital-adjacent multi-modality NCM clinic in Israel were interviewed.

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