Annals of family medicine
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Annals of family medicine · Sep 2013
Multicenter Study Observational StudyA multicenter study of physician mindfulness and health care quality.
Mindfulness (ie, purposeful and nonjudgmental attentiveness to one's own experience, thoughts, and feelings) is associated with physician well-being. We sought to assess whether clinician self-rated mindfulness is associated with the quality of patient care. ⋯ Clinicians rating themselves as more mindful engage in more patient-centered communication and have more satisfied patients. Interventions should determine whether improving clinician mindfulness can also improve patient health outcomes.