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Journal of Psychology - JuniperPublishers Abstract The Global health system is in a period of tremendous flux, with changing rules, relationships, and expectations for all parties. Nowadays, the health status of population is generally related with progress in medical care intruding upon our experience of everyday life. Over a last 60-70 years, a wide range of phenomenon has been included in medical care, including normal life events (births, death), biological processes (aging, female reproduction, many human day-to- day physical problems) , and type of social deviance appearance (obesity, unattractiveness), belief (racism), and conduct (drinking, gambling, sexual practices) come under patient-physician relationship. A robust science of the doctor- patient encounter and relationship can guide decision making in new health care plans and the administrative strategies used by managed care organizations and medical groups deserve more attention in emerging health & medical ca...

Stonewalling: Is Your Partner Avoiding the Conversation? What is stonewalling you might ask? According to renowned psychologist Dr. John Gottman of the Gottman Institute in Seattle, WA, “Stonewalling occurs when the listener retreats from the conversation, shutting down from the speaker because they are feeling overwhelmed.” Imagine this scenario – your partner completely disregards you when you want to discuss a particular issue, whatever that may be, and instead turns away from you. How would that feel? Instead of addressing the problematic issues at hand, your partner is now walking away from the situation altogether. Of course, this is enough to cause you to feel ignored and disregarded. Stonewalling is one of the few marriage destroyers if kept up. The others being contempt, criticism, and defensiveness; which Gottman termed “The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse”. To view more... Psychology To know more about... Behavioral science To know more about... juniper pu...