[Body Image and Its Clinical Implications].

Although the concept of body image was first introduced to Taiwan nursing in 1975, its application in the context of clinical nursing with regard to promoting humanistic patient-centered care has yet to be examined. This paper adopts a field-study approach to reinterpret the concept of body image with deeper and broader strength using patient vignettes, nursing case studies, and the findings of prior nursing research. The four main issues covered in this paper are: 1.

Gynecologists' perception of the patient-physician relationship in pelvic examinations in Taiwan.

Objective: To explore the gynecologists' physical contact and their interaction with patients, as well as the patient-physicians relationship during the pelvic examination (PE).

Study Design: This qualitative study uses face-to-face, in-depth interviews with 20 gynecologists from three hospitals in central Taiwan.

Results: The results revealed two main categories: adopting non-gendered and desexualised strategies and acknowledging a patient's situation.

Discrepancy between physicians' perceptions and practices during pelvic examinations in Taiwan.

Objective: This study explored (1) physicians' perceptions of pelvic examination (PE) procedures and (2) the discrepancy between physicians' perceptions and their practices as observed by their attending nurses.

Method: Data were collected from 20 physician-completed questionnaires on the perceived importance of 23 PE procedures. Each physician's practice of the same 23 PE procedures was assessed by 4-6 attending nurses (100 nurse observations).

Decision-making tree for women considering hysterectomy.

Aims: This paper reports on a study carried out to establish a decision tree model to describe how women in Taiwan make the decision whether or not to have a hysterectomy. In addition, we examined the predictability of the decision-tree model.

Background: Hysterectomy is the second most common surgical procedure performed worldwide.