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This article presents a brief history of the Jefferson Empathy Project, provides a definition of clinical empathy, and describes the Jefferson Scale of Empathy (JSE), the most frequently used instrument for me...
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Open AccessAngiotensin blockade therapy and survival in pancreatic cancer: a population study
Pancreatic cancer (PC) is one of the most aggressive and challenging cancer types to effectively treat, ranking as the fourth-leading cause of cancer death in the United States. We investigated if exposures to...
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Statins and colorectal cancer risk: a longitudinal study
Studies evaluating the association between statins and colorectal cancer (CRC) have used various methods to address bias and have reported mixed findings. We sought to assess the association in a large cohort ...
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A Physician-Focused Intervention to Reduce Potentially Inappropriate Medication Prescribing in Older People
Potentially inappropriate medications (PIMs) are a preventable cause of negative clinical and economic consequences in older people. A range of educational interventions have attempted to address this in the p...
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Prevalence and Risk of Polypharmacy among the Elderly in an Outpatient Setting
Background: Polypharmacy, the simultaneous taking of many medications, has been well documented and is a topic of much concern for those looking to improve the quality of care for the elderly. El...
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Prescription drug use during pregnancy: a population-based study in Regione Emilia-Romagna, Italy
Drug utilization studies in pregnant women are crucial to inform pharmacovigilance efforts in human teratogenicity. The purpose of this study was to estimate the prevalence of prescription drug use among pregn...
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Pharmacoeconomic Fellowships
Pharmacoeconomic fellowship programmes have been in existence for more than 10 years, but their effectiveness has not been evaluated. The aim of this project was to construct a framework to examine the potenti...