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“Fundamental communication skills in medical practice” as minor elective subject [PDF]
Acta Medica Academica, 2014 Objective. Poor and inadequate communication affects the therapeutic relationship between doctors and patients. Guided by this idea, we organized a minor elective course entitled “communication skills”.
Amra Zalihić, Edita Černi Obrdalj
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Anaphylaxis in family practice [PDF]
South African Family Practice, 2008 Manifestations of anaphylaxis may occur within seconds or minutes after exposure to a causative antigen. Almost any substance can be implicated as a potential precipitating agent. Reactions may be slow, progressive, or rapidly fatal within minutes. Any healthcare worker involved in the administration of medications or the care of patients, whether a ...
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Patients’ relatives and psychiatric doctors : letter writing in the York Retreat 1875-1910 [PDF]
, 2007 This article investigates the practice of letter writing from family and friends of patients to doctors at the York Retreat asylum at the end of the nineteenth and beginning of the twentieth century. During this time, letter writing was an important part
Wannell, Louise
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BMC Family Practice, 2019 Background Uncontrolled blood pressure remains an urgent issue in clinical practice worldwide. This study aimed to compare the characteristics and effectiveness of hypertension control in family medicine pratice in the first treatment year, in relation ...
Diana Jurić +14 more
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Reviving Full-Service Family Practice in British Columbia [PDF]
, 2011 Describes innovative operational reforms made in the province's fee-for-service system to improve quality of care and reduce costs, including incentive payments for chronic disease management and enhanced training.
Garey Mazowita, William Cavers
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BMC Health Services Research, 2019 Background Efforts to address health literacy should favour a system-based approach with the dual aim both of fostering the material conditions and creating a work culture inside health care organisations that makes it easier for people to use ...
Gilles Henrard +3 more
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Scientific Reports, 2022 Unemployment is associated with a variety of adverse health-related outcomes, yet little data on primary care services for this risk group exist. Using data from two surveys, we analyzed the frequency of GP contacts and patients’ experiences with GPs ...
N. Ikar +11 more
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Work-based assessment within Malta’s specialist training programme in family medicine [PDF]
, 2014 The Specialist Training Programme in Family Medicine (STPFM) – Malta was drawn up by the Malta College of Family Doctors in 2006, approved by Malta’s Specialist Accreditation Committee, and launched in 2007 by the Primary Health Care Department and ...
Abela, Gunther, Sammut, Mario R.
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BMC Health Services Research, 2018 Background As individuals age, they are more likely to experience increasing frailty and more frequent use of hospital services. First, we explored whether initiating home-based primary care in a frail homebound cohort, influenced hospital use.
Margaret J. McGregor +7 more
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Reproductive Health, 2021 Background No Canadian studies to date have examined the experiences of people who decline aspects of care during pregnancy and birth. The current analysis bridges this gap by describing comments from 1123 people in British Columbia (BC) who declined a ...
Kathrin Stoll +4 more
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