A new study shows that when clinicians hear a patient described with negatively biased language, they develop less empathy towards the patient and, in some cases, become less accurate in recalling the ...

In clinical handoffs, biased language can hinder empathy and negatively affect clinicians’ ability to recall patient health information, according to a study published Dec. 17 in JAMA. To examine the ...

When doctors and nurses pass patient information from one shift to another — an exchange known as a “handoff” — the specific words they use behind closed doors matter more than they might realize. A ...

「否定的な言葉よりも肯定的な言葉の方が影響力が強くなる」という現象は「ポリアンナ効果」として知られています。これはエレナ・ホグマン・ポーターの小説の登場人物からつけられた心理現象ですが、計算言語学者が世界各国の言語を調査したところ ...

When doctors and nurses pass patient information from one shift to another - an exchange known as a "handoff" - the specific words they use behind closed doors matter more than they might realize. A ...

When doctors and nurses pass patient information from one shift to another—an exchange known as a "handoff"—the specific ...

NEW YORK, NY (January 23, 2025)-- Language that conveys stigma is common in clinicians’ notes on laboring and birthing people, Columbia University School of Nursing researchers report this month in ...