Medical or Common Knowledge? Knowledge of Medical Professionals on Obesity Diagnosis Criteria and Treatment.

Introduction: Proper diagnosis of obesity, its severity, and complications and their effective treatment requires an interdisciplinary healthcare approach. Nevertheless, obesity remains under-identified and undertreated. Academic knowledge concerning obesity pathology, diagnosis, and treatment is advancing.

Attitudes of Medical Professionals Towards Discrimination of Patients with Obesity.

Purpose: Many studies show that discriminatory practices are common in healthcare institutions, also in the form of medical staff's inappropriate behaviour. Weight stigma may not only become a source of unpleasant experience for the patients but also cause them to withdraw from the treatment, which may further exacerbate their condition.

Patients And Methods: In a nationwide study, we asked 184 medical professionals, about their experiences and opinions on the discrimination of patients with obesity.

Doctors' attitudes in the situation of delivering bad news: patients' experience and expectations.

Introduction: The purpose of our research was to find out patients' preferences concerning their doctors' attitudes and behaviour as they deliver bad news to them.

Material And Methods: In national research conducted from February to October 2017 using the computer-assisted web interview (CAWI) technique, we studied the statements of 314 adult patients who had received bad medical news from their doctors. Seventy-nine per cent of them were women and 21% were men.

Experience of Polish Patients with Obesity in Contacts with Medical Professionals.

Purpose: Discrimination and stigmatization of patients with obesity are a commonly occurring social problem. The purpose of our research was to analyze the scale of the experience including medical staff's improper behaviours towards patients with obesity in Poland.

Patients And Methods: In a completed national study, we studied the statements of 621 adult patients who suffer from obesity.

Unfavorable Medical Diagnosis - Oncological Patients' Experiences and Preferences.

The study aims at analyzing the experiences of Polish patients who received an unfavorable medical diagnosis. In order to reach a random group of patients with an unfavorable diagnosis, we started cooperating with 19 independent patient organizations and associations. A nationwide study, based on a self-constructed e-survey questionnaire, was carried out with the use of the CAWI method.

Delivering bad news: patient's perspective and opinions.

Purpose: The aim of our research was to gain knowledge about patients' opinions, experiences, and preferences with regard to the way the news is being delivered to them.

Materials And Methods: Detailed research was carried out on a group of 314 patients using the CAWI (Computer-Assisted Web Interview) technique. Adult responders who had earlier received bad news were questioned about their opinion about the way the doctor acted while delivering bad news and how he did it.

Patients' Expectations as to Doctors' Behaviors During Appointed Visits.

Numerous guidelines for students and medical professionals provide the instructions of proper behavior during encounters with patients in a doctor's office. However, they quite often do not consider cultural differences that may affect the doctor-patient relationship. In our study we analyzed Polish patients' expectations (N = 976) for their physicians' actual behavior.