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The Joy of Family Practice [PDF]

The Annals of Family Medicine, 2012
Many family physicians have written about how they influence, nurture, and empower people in their communities of practice. In this essay, the author writes of the personal joys that family medicine has brought him. An expression of his appreciation for his work as a family doctor, it touches on 6 themes that continue to rejuvenate his practice: love ...
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Return-to-work outcomes and usefulness of actual fit notes received by employers [PDF]

, 2015
Background: GPs can use the fit note to advise that a patient ‘may be fit’ or is ‘not fit’ for work. Previous employer-based research on the fit note is largely qualitative and based on general perceptions and past experience.
Avril Drummond, Black, Carol Coole, Coole, Department for Work and Pensions, Department for Work and Pensions, Department for Work and Pensions, Department for Work and Pensions, Esme Worthington, Fiona Nouri, Health, Work and Well-being Directorate, Iskra Potgieter, Lalani, Shiels, Waddell   +14 more
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Outpatient teaching in specialist practices – a qualitative study with doctors about attitudes, influencing factors and specialist features

GMS Journal for Medical Education, 2022
Aim: The aim is to record existing attitudes, influencing factors and specialised requirements with regard to the training of medical students in specialist outpatient care with doctors working in outpatient care.Method: Between September 2020 and May ...
Schulz, Sven, Hesse, Miriam, Matthes, Anni, Petruschke, Inga, Bleidorn, Jutta   +4 more
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Nurse-Midwives’ Knowledge and Promotion of Lactational Amenorrhea and Other Natural Family-Planning Methods for Child Spacing [PDF]

, 2001
The purpose of this study was to describe and assess certified nurse-midwives’ (CNMs) knowledge and promotion of two modalities for child spacing, natural family-planning (NFP) and the lactational amenorrhea method (LAM).
American Academy of Pediatrics Work Group on Breast-feeding, Blake, Cooney, DeCherney, Doring, Family Health International, Fehring, Fehring, Frank, Frank-Herrmann, Geerling, Girotto, Gross, Hatcher, Hilgers, Howard, Joseph B. Stanford, Kazi, Kennedy, Kennedy, Klaus, Leader, Lisa Hanson, Oddens, Olds, Perez, Piccinino, Ramos, Richard J. Fehring, Scuphpolme, Snowden, Stanford, Stanford, Stanford, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Weimer, World Health Organization, World Health Organization Task Force   +37 more
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‘Children not trophies’: an ethnographic study of private family law practice in England [PDF]

, 2020
The welfare of the child in the context of private family law proceedings is of significant international interest. This paper presents findings from an ethnographic study of private law proceedings in England, which explored legal professionals ...
Holt, Kim, Kelly, Nancy
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Prevalence and predictors of having no general practitioner - analysis of the German health interview and examination survey for adults (DEGS1)

BMC Family Practice, 2019
Background Although patients in Germany are generally free to choose their primary healthcare provider, this role should mainly be assumed by general practitioners (GPs).
Judith Tillmann, Marie-Therese Puth, Klaus Weckbecker, Manuela Klaschik, Eva Münster   +4 more
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The UFS Faculty of Health Sciences Faculty Forum: a Critical Evaluation by Heads of Department

South African Family Practice, 2008
No abstract available.
Gina Joubert, H.S. Cronje
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A Comparison of Hospital and Nonhospital Colonoscopy: Wait Times, Fees and Guideline Adherence to Follow-Up Interval

Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology, 2011
BACKGROUND: Although colonoscopy is increasingly performed in nonhospital facilities, studies to date examining differences between colonoscopy services in hospital and nonhospital settings have been limited, in large part, to administrative databases.
Noah Ivers, Michael Schwandt, Susan Hum, Danielle Martin, Jill Tinmouth, Nick Pimlott   +5 more
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Locating ‘Family Practices’ [PDF]

Sociological Research Online, 2011
The idea of ‘family practices’ is now quite widely used in British family sociology. The aim of this article is to locate this reformulation by looking, firstly, at the term's place within more general discussions of practices and, secondly, to explore the implications of a more specific focus on family practices.
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Home visits: a reflection on family contact in a specialist forensic intellectual disability service [PDF]

, 2015
Purpose – There is little published literature about the number of home visits provided to patients within forensic intellectual disability units, and there is no published data on variables that affect home visits.
Alexander, Regi, Cheshire, Luncinda, Chester, Verity, Grace, Jackie, Graham, Alex   +4 more
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