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Describe trends in the changing roles of health providers, including nurse-practitioners and physician assistants.
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Describe the criteria by which patients judge the adequacy of their medical care.
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Describe factors inherent in the medical setting that influence the quality of patient-provider communication.
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Describe factors inherent in the structure of the health care delivery system that influence the quality of patient-provider communication.
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Compare and contrast the characteristics of private, fee-for-service care, and health maintenance organizations.
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Describe the changes in the philosophy of health care delivery in the United States.
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Describe providers' behaviors that contribute to faulty patient-provider communication.
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Describe patient factors that contribute to faulty patient-provider communication.
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Describe qualities of the provider-patient interaction that contribute to faulty communication.
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Describe the prevalence and assessment of nonadherence to treatment regimens.
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Describe the causes of nonadherence to treatment regimens.
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Define creative nonadherence and the factors that contribute to creative nonadherence to treatment regimens.
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Explain the relationship of patient-provider communication to malpractice litigation.
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Describe the nature and effectiveness of interventions designed to teach providers how to communicate effectively with patients.
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Describe the nature and effectiveness of strategies for improving patient adherence to treatment regimens.
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Trace the use of placebos from the early days of medicine to the present day.
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Define placebo, and describe the nature of the placebo effect and its role in medical treatment.
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Describe how the effectiveness of the placebo effect may be influenced by provider behaviors.
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Describe how the effectiveness of the placebo effect may be influenced by patient characteristics.
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Describe how the effectiveness of the placebo effect may be influenced by patient-provider communication.
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Describe situational determinants of the placebo effect.
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Describe how the effectiveness of the placebo effect may be influenced by social norms.
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Describe the generalizability of the placebo effect.
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Explain how the placebo may be used as a methodological tool.
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