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Rural Idaho Family Physicians’ Scope of Practice [PDF]

, 2010
Context: Scope of practice is an important factor in both training and recruiting rural family physicians. Purpose: To assess rural Idaho family physicians’ scope of practice and to examine variations in scope of practice across variables such as gender,
Baker, Ed, Epperly, Ted, Miller, Carissa Moffat, Nukui, Ayaka, Schmitz, David   +4 more
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Germline TP53 Mutations Causing Diamond–Blackfan Anemia: A French Report

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Diamond–Blackfan anemia is a rare congenital erythroblastopenia typically caused by mutations in ribosomal protein genes. Recently, gain‐of‐function mutations in TP53 have been identified as a novel cause of Diamond–Blackfan anemia. We report two French patients who both harbored a heterozygous TP53 deletion (NM_000546.5: c.1077delA; p ...
Rafael Moisan, Lydie Da Costa, Ludivine David Nguyen, Heloise Chosseler, Audrey Riquet, Benedicte Bruno, Melissa Barbati   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

California Physician Facts and Figures [PDF]

, 2010
Examines trends in the state's supply of primary care physicians, including demographics, specialties, and education and training; acceptance of new patients by coverage type; family and general practitioner compensation; and medical group ...
Craig Paxton
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‘They Need to Hear You Say It’: Healthcare Professionals’ Perspectives on Barriers and Enablers to End‐of‐Life Discussions With Adolescents and Young Adults With Cancer

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT End‐of‐life conversations with adolescents and young adults (AYAs) with cancer rarely occur without the guidance of healthcare professionals. As a part of the ‘Difficult Discussions’ study, focused on palliative care and advance care planning discussions with AYAs with cancer, we investigated the factors that healthcare professionals identify ...
Justine Lee, Holly Evans, Claire E. Wakefield, Antoinette Anazodo, Richard J. Cohn, Brittany C. McGill, Elizabeth A. Lobb, Lori Wiener, Madeleine L. Juhrmann, Ursula M. Sansom‐Daly   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Chronic cough diagnosis, treatment, and referral practices among family physicians in the United States: a survey study

BMC Primary Care
Background Cough is one of the most common presenting problems for patients in primary care and is largely managed in primary care clinical settings. Family physicians’ familiarity with chronic cough guidelines and the extent to which these guidelines ...
Joel B. Shields, Elisabeth Callen, Natalia Y. Loskutova, Jonathan Schelfhout, Christina M. Hester   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Knowledge and Attitude toward Hospice Palliative Care among Community-Dwelling Aged Taiwanese—Analysis of Related Factors

International Journal of Gerontology, 2012
Background: This study was conducted to investigate the knowledge and attitude toward hospice palliative care (HPC) among the elderly, defined as 65 years of age and older, living in the metropolitan area of Taiwan.
Ching-Ping Hsu, Hong-Wen Chen, Shih-Yi Lee, Meng-Ting Tsou   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Validation of the GALS musculoskeletal screening exam for use in primary care: a pilot study [PDF]

, 2008
Background As the proportion of the Canadian population ≥65 grows, so too does the prevalence of musculoskeletal (MSK) conditions. Approximately 20% of visits to family physicians occur as a result of MSK complaints. The GALS (Gait, Arms, Legs, and Spine)
Karen A Beattie, Raja Bobba, Imaan Bayoumi, David Chan, Inge Schabort, Pauline Boulos, Walter Kean, Joyce Obeid, Ruth McCallum, George Ioannidis, Alexandra Papaioannou, Alfred Cividino, K Leistner, JG Walker, EM Badley, M Doherty, L Martel, MS Lillicrap, MJ Plant, RH Glazier, DJ Walker, A Jones, M Doherty, J Dequeker, RA Fox, J Bostwick, HE Foster, D Chan, DG Bonett, C Hood, A Jones, ME Tinetti, RH Fortinsky, D Streiner, DV Cicchetti, J Sim, Alliance for the Canadian Arthritis Program, P Emery   +37 more
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Defining Roles in Pediatric Palliative Care: Perspectives From Oncology and Palliative Care Teams

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Early integration of pediatric palliative care (PPC) is associated with improved symptom management, quality of life, and healthcare utilization for children with cancer. Despite this, variation persists in how PPC is understood, operationalized, and integrated within pediatric oncology programs. In particular, ambiguity surrounding
Leeat Granek, Lori Wiener, Stephanie Veldhuijzen van Zanten, Donna Johnston, Fyeza Hasan, Adam Rapoport, Nathasha Datoo, Kimberley Widger, Sumit Gupta, Karen Fergus, Anthony K. C. Chan, Alisha Kassam, Emily McCullogh, Dave Lysecki   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

Investment in family medicine to improve health outcomes in sub-Saharan Africa

African Journal of Primary Health Care & Family Medicine
Family physicians (FPs), as educators, capacity builders and clinical governance leaders of primary care (PC) teams, work to make them more effective and responsive to the needs of their patients.
Sunanda C. Ray, Mpundu Makasa, Innocent Besigye, Jacob S. Shabani, Martha Makwero   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

National Health Insurance – a Bill too far?

South African Family Practice, 2019
No abstract available.
Bob Mash
doaj   +1 more source