The double edge sword of John Henryism: Impact on patients' health in the People's Republic of China.

The People's Republic of China has experienced extraordinary economic growth, which is associated with increases in chronic health stressors. We examined the impact of John Henryism-a coping mechanism-on various health indicators in a sample of patients ( = 642) in China. John Henryism significantly related to increased medical adherence and health-promotional behaviors .

Insisting on the Healer's Art: The Implications of Required Participation in a Medical School Course on Values and Humanism.

Theory: Elective courses, by definition, allow medical students to self-select for participation in the class. In a small-group learning setting, students uninterested or not ready for a particular learning topic might change the educational experience ("poison the well") for those students most interested in the topic. It is not known how medical students required to take a course in humanism (that they otherwise would not have elected to take) might be impacted by the course or how their presence might affect students originally interested in the course.