Trust

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — In this interview from the Southwest Nephrology Conference, Dara N. Rampersad, PhD, LPC, NCC, explains the value of the “five plays” that staff can use to help de-escalate tension during a dialysis treatment.

The proportion of Black survey respondents who had a high degree of trust in cancer information from government agencies dropped sharply during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to study results published in Journal of Health Communication.

Seventeen percent of Americans reported a decline in trust between employer and employee, with those respondents posting a mental health score well below the national average, according to a recent survey.

Physicians interested in estate or asset protection planning inevitably inquire about the use of trusts. Certainly, trusts can play significant roles in many physicians’ estate and/or asset protection planning.

Researchers identified four characteristics that were likely to improve a physician’s trust in their organization.

The new president of American Osteopathic Association said he will help the organization meet the needs of medicine in the 21st century and maintain the principles on which it was founded more than 100 years ago.

The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and measures to combat the spread of the virus have significantly affected the mental health of individuals throughout the United States and the world.

Individuals were more likely to report institutional trust, as well as increased psychological distress, after the COVID-19 pandemic than before, according to a survey study conducted in New Zealand and published in American Psychologist.

Global adoption of a European Union regulation may improve the public image of and sentiment toward the pharmaceutical industry, according to research presented at the American Society of Clinical Psychopharmacology Annual Meeting.

As more Americans have reported losing faith in societal institutions, namely the federal government, trust in physicians remains high due to several “dimensions of trust,” according to a presenter at the American Psychiatric Association Spring Highlights Meeting.