Annals of family medicine
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"I'm already in so much pain, I was stuck in the car for hours, and now I have to see a student instead of my doctor?" She scoffs, crosses her arms, and looks away. Trying to understand why she is in so much pain I ask, "Are you happy with the care you're receiving?" She looks at me for the first time and I see her shoulders drop. The response that followed is one I will never forget, and is part of a larger lesson I learned involving the power of open-ended questions and their ability to foster understanding of patients in the context of their life stories. Here, I share patient stories and the 7 words that taught me the gift of genuine curiosity.
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Annals of family medicine · Nov 2023
Improving Erectile Dysfunction Management Among Asian Men With Diabetes Using the Knowledge Translation Intervention.
Erectile dysfunction (ED) is frequently undermanaged due to communication barriers, particularly among Asian men. We looked at how ED discussion and treatment were affected by the patient's prompt sheet and the Knowledge Translation Tools in the Management of Erectile Dysfunction (LASTED). ⋯ Our study suggests that using the LASTED flipchart and patient's prompt sheet together may encourage ED conversation and medication prescription particularly when working with Asian men who frequently view ED as a taboo subject.