Health literacy: health professionals’ understandings and their perceptions of barriers

"This study suggests that health professionals have a limited understanding of health literacy and of the consequences of low health literacy for their Indigenous patients."

Health literacy: health professionals’ understandings and their perceptions of barriers that Indigenous patients encounter
M Lambert, J Luke, B Downey, S Crengle, M Kelaher, S Reid, J Smylie
BMC Health Services Research 2014, 14:614  doi:10.1186/s12913-014-0614-1

Read more here.

Adaptation of health care for migrants: whose responsibility?

"Health care professionals do not consider it to be their responsibility to adapt to ethnic diversity. If health professionals do not feel a responsibility to adapt, they are less likely to be involved in culturally competent health care."

Adaptation of health care for migrants: whose responsibility?
M Dauvrin, V Lorant
BMC Health Services Research 2014, 14:294

Read more here.

Barriers and facilitators to implement shared decision making in multidisciplinary sciatica care

This paper identified new barriers and facilitators for shared decision-making in the multidisciplinary care of sciatica and proposes that an effective implementation of SDM in a multidisciplinary setting should focus on these.

Barriers and facilitators to implement shared decision making in multidisciplinary sciatica care: a qualitative study
SN Hofstede, PJ de Mheen, MM Wentink, AM Stiggelbout, CLA Vleggeert-Lankamp, TPM Vlieland, L van Bodegom-Vos
Implementation Science, 2013, 8:95

Read more here.

Professionalism in healthcare professionals

"This study was commissioned by the Health Professions Council (HPC) as part of a wider research programme exploring aspects of professional practice."


Professionalism in healthcare professionals
Health Professions Council
October 2011

Read more here.