Many patients, 65 years or younger, are still receiving aggressive cancer treatment in their final months of life despite Choosing Wisely recommendations encouraging symptom-directed palliative care.

Patient with chronic migraine were more likely to have aggression, anger, and hostility. Comorbid aggression may help to identify suicidality in migraine patients. A recent study, published by The ...

Terminally ill patients who request that physicians make decisions for them get more aggressive end-of-life treatment, according to a new study. The study, published in the Journal of Pain and Symptom ...

Patient aggression towards receptionists working in general practice is a “serious workplace safety concern,” concludes a review of the available published evidence, published in the open access ...

Aggressive behavior of patients is noticeably increasing in clinics and medical practices. High time pressure, overcrowded waiting rooms, and often unrealistic expectations among patients can cause ...

Roughly half of US dentists experienced verbal or reputational aggression by patients in the past year, and nearly one in four endured physical aggression, according to a new study. Roughly half of ...

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Physical aggression among people with dementia is not unusual. A study showed that one-third of patients with the diagnosis Alzheimer’s disease or frontotemporal dementia were physically aggressive ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The availability of more effective and less toxic anticancer agents has made it increasingly difficult for ...

Patient aggression towards receptionists working in general practice is a "serious workplace safety concern," concludes a review of the available published evidence, published in the open access ...