STUDY OBJECTIVE: To analyse the association between self rated health and the incidence
of fatal and non-fatal coronary heart disease (CHD) in a Danish cohort followed up over 16 …

Background: Decreasing rates of participation in population-based studies increasingly
challenge the interpretation of study results, in both analytic and descriptive epidemiology. …

Blood lead levels were determined in 88% of all men and women born in 1936 and residing
in four suburbs of Copenhagen, ie, 504 men and 548 women. Smoking habits and alcohol …

The healing and preventive powers of people's health resources and self-assessed knowledge
have so far been grossly underestimated in medicine. In this article, we call attention to …

Aims: Self-rated general health (SRH) predicts future mortality. We examined all-cause
mortality at 10, 20, and 29 years' follow-up and its association with SRH measured at the age of …

Background. Medical practice and research are paying increasing attention to what patients
want, as reflected by the growth of routine surveys of patients' satisfaction and more formal …

PURPOSE We wanted to explore those clinical events when doctors had exposed their
vulnerability toward patients in a potentially beneficial way. METHODS We undertook a …

Objectives. To explore potentials for avoiding humiliations in clinical encounters, especially
those that are unintended and unrecognized by the doctor. Furthermore, to examine …

Background Patient and doctor do not always agree on the status of the patient's health. By
underestimating the patient's strong sides, the doctor may be contributing to …

This case study illustrates how the use of empowering dialogues in general practice can
contribute to alternative images of women, by identifying and emphasizing their strong points. It …