Objectives: To review how mindfulness can be elicited in and strategically managed through communication, with a goal toward enhancing the patient/family relationship in the experience of cancer care.
Data Sources: Published, peer-reviewed literature, research reports, and Web-based resources.
Conclusion: Mindful communication, an active process whereby the health care provider and patient /family unit are attentive to the timing, nature, and context of the dialogue exchange, helps direct care that is patient-centered, reflective, and relational.
Implications For Nursing Practice: Oncology nurses using a patient-centered approach to communication will be more equipped to use mindfulness-based strategies that can potentially shift the way cancer care is delivered.
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Children (Basel)
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IRCCS Fondazione Stella Maris, Scientific Institute of Child Neurology and Psychiatry, 56018 Pisa, Italy.
Background: Although self-compassion has been consistently linked to positive outcomes in adults and adolescents, only a few studies have explored self-compassion in children and early adolescents due to a lack of measures specifically designed for younger populations.
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Department of Languages and Literatures, Communication, Education and Society, University of Udine, 33100 Udine, Italy.
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The Global Village NGO, Bagni di Lucca, 55022 Lucca, Italy.
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Interacting Minds Centre, Aarhus University, 8000 Aarhus, Denmark.
We introduce a new software package for the Julia programming language, the library ActiveInference.jl. To make active inference agents with Partially Observable Markov Decision Process (POMDP) generative models available to the growing research community using Julia, we re-implemented the pymdp library for Python.
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Faculty of Dentistry, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR 999077, China.
Dentist-patient communication is at the core of providing quality dental care. This study aims to review the importance, challenges, strategies, and training of dentist-patient communication. The World Dental Federation (FDI) emphasizes the importance of effective communication between oral healthcare providers and patients as a critical component of high-quality care.
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