Jozien Bensing

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Bensing in 2007. Photo by NWO/Arie Wapenaar

Josina Maria "Jozien" Bensing (born 12 March 1950) is a Dutch clinical psychologist. Bensing was director of the Nederlands Instituut voor Onderzoek van de Gezondheidszorg [nl] (NIVEL) between 1985 and 2008. Since 1993 she has been a professor of clinical and healthcare psychology at Utrecht University. Bensing was a winner of the 2006 Spinoza Prize.[1]

Career[edit]

Bensing was born on 12 March 1950 in Tilburg.[2] She studied clinical psychology at Utrecht University. Bensing obtained a PhD at the Erasmus University Rotterdam in 1991, her thesis was titled: "Doctor-patient communication and the quality of care. An observation study into affective and instrumental behavior in general practice".[2]

In 1974 Bensing started as a researcher at the Dutch Institute for General Practice (Dutch: Nederlands Huisartsen Instituut). Two years later she became leader of the project "Psycho social care in general practice". She kept this position for two a further two years and in 1979 became the head of the research department.[3] In 1984 she became acting director. The next year the Dutch Institute for General Practice became the Nederlands Instituut voor Onderzoek van de Gezondheidszorg [nl] (NIVEL) and Bensing became the director. She served in this position until 2008 and then continued as an honorary research fellow.[3] Apart from her work at NIVEL Bensing has been a professor of clinical psychology and healthcare psychology at Utrecht University since 1993.[2] Between 1996 and 1998 she served as dean of the faculty.[1]

Bensing's research has focused on the role of communication in doctor-patient relations. Her research also has links to the placebo effect.[3][4] She has done research on large quantities of video recorded conversations between doctors and patients and has built a database of over 16,000 entries.[4]

Awards and honours[edit]

Bensing was awarded the George Engel Award by the American Academy on Physician and Patients in 2003, and was the first non-American to obtain it.[1][5]

In 2006 she was one of four winners of the Dutch Spinoza Prize and received a 1.5 million euro grant.[6] The awarding commission cited her "multidisciplinary research into the communication between doctors and patients, and her internationally used research method for quantifying non-verbal communication".[1]

Bensing was elected a member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2007.[7]

In 2004 Bensing was named an Officer in the Order of Orange-Nassau. In 2015 she was made a Knight in the Order of the Netherlands Lion.[8][9]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d "Prof. J.M. (Jozien) Bensing". Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research. Retrieved 24 April 2016.
  2. ^ a b c "Catalogus Professorum: Prof.dr. J.M. Bensing (1950 - )". Utrecht University. Retrieved 24 April 2016.
  3. ^ a b c "Prof. dr. J.M. (Jozien) Bensing". Nederlands Instituut voor Onderzoek van de Gezondheidszorg. Retrieved 24 April 2016.
  4. ^ a b H. Maassen. "Gezond communiceren". Medisch Contact. Retrieved 24 April 2016.
  5. ^ "2016 Engel and Payer Awards". American Academy on Communication in Healthcare. Retrieved 24 April 2016.
  6. ^ "NWO Spinoza Prize 2006". Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research. Archived from the original on 27 June 2015. Retrieved 24 April 2016.
  7. ^ "Jozien Bensing". Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on 24 April 2016. Retrieved 24 April 2016.
  8. ^ "Ridder in de Orde van de Nederlandse Leeuw: Jozien Bensing". Utrecht University. 24 March 2015. Retrieved 24 April 2016.
  9. ^ "Mevrouw J.M. Bensing Ridder in de Orde van de Nederlandse Leeuw" (in Dutch). Municipality of Neerijnen. 25 March 2015. Retrieved 24 April 2016.

External links[edit]

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