Barriers and Facilitators of Working with Dying Patients among Novice Nurses in Saudi Arabia.

Novice nurses face immense challenges while they transition from being students to becoming professional nurses. Dealing with dying patients has been documented to be an immense task among professional nurses, especially for new nurses. This study aimed to explore the barriers and facilitators of working with dying patients, experienced by novice nurses in Saudi Arabia.

Risk of diagnostic errors when dealing with aggressive patients: Experimental study.

Medical errors are still common despite advances in technology and policies to insure patients' safety. They can be traceable as in medications or surgical errors, but may not be so in diagnostic errors that are patient, physician, or system related. This study aimed to explore whether aggressive behavior of some patients might affect physicians' clinical reasoning and decision-making.

Do poor patients suffer from inaccurate diagnoses more than well-to-do patients? A randomized control trial.

Background: Poor patients have greater morbidity and die up to 10 years earlier than patients who have higher socio-economic status. These findings are often attributed to differences in life-style between groups. The present study aimed at investigating the extent to which physicians contribute to the effect by providing relative poorer care, resulting in relative neglect in terms of time spent with a poor patient and more inaccurate diagnoses.