"My vision is blurred, doctor" is a complaint that often provokes acute anxiety in both the patient and doctor. The doctor, worried that he is about to miss a serious ocular or systemic disorder, may be hindered by the patient who, being convinced that he is going blind, is apt ...

In order to shed some light on the impact of a computer on medical consultations, 140 new hospital out-patients rated the doctor they had just seen, and their ideal doctor using a 38-item semantic differential-type scale. Sixty-four of the patients had experienced a computer being used by one of the ...

If a poll were taken of the conditions the average doctor finds most difficult and depressing to treat, backache would undoubtedly be near the top of the list. Yet a clear understanding of the anatomy and mechanism of injury, a thorough examination, and a logical plan of management would help ...

The theoretical knowledge of cardiopulmonary resuscitation of 50 junior hospital doctors was examined, and an attempt made to assess their practical ability to manage a collapsed patient. Major defects were found in both the doctors' theoretical knowledge and their practical abilities. Only 8% were able to manage a cardiopulmonary arrest ...

The immediate response of patients and doctors to the recent adverse publicity about the combined oral contraceptive ;Pill' were studied in two separate locations: a major family planning clinic and a large provincial health centre. Consultations arising from anxiety about the Pill were less than the general practitioners had anticipated ...

A study of knowledge, attitude and practice of leprosy among doctors of Bhopal has found that junior doctors had more exposure to leprology compared to all other groups. Medical college doctors had better knowledge of leprology compared to non-medical college doctors. Knowledge and attitude about leprosy among doctors were influenced ...

It is a matter for regret that patients sometimes are sent by doctors for physiotherapy before their condition has been assessed fully. In this article a manipulative therapist describes his management, preceded always by thorough and careful examination. He emphasises that most physiotherapists work in close association with referring practitioners. ...

One hundred doctors were interviewed regarding their use of a series of educational programmes which had been mailed to them unsolicited. Doctors who used the materials did not differ from those who did not with respect to geographical location, sex and higher qualifications. The forty-five doctors who had used the ...

The out-of-hours calls received by a doctor's deputizing service on behalf of a single-handed general practitioner were studied over the course of one year.It was found that the overall rate of call (66.3 per 1,000 patients per year) and the rate of night call (10 per 1,000 patients per year) ...

In 1979 there were 260 doctors, including 60 fully-qualified specialists working in Papua New Guinea, but the results of a nationwide survey indicated that 420 doctors, including 105 specialists, would be required by 1988. This does not appear to be feasible given projected manpower and financial constraints. An alternative plan ...

Regional differences in mortality from cardiovascular diseases, respiratory diseases, strokes, and other causes have been observed in England and Wales. To determine to what extent the death certification practices of doctors influence these variations, we surveyed 123 British general practitioners and housemen. Each doctor completed death certificates based on fictitious ...

Doctors are in both a privileged and precarious position concerning the law. Because the conduct of their daily work requires them to perform many acts which would not be permitted to anyone else, they may find themselves in legally compromising situations through simply doing their job. This new series, contributed ...

The differences between male and female doctors are investigated, and what patients expect from their doctors is examined. Some conclusions are drawn from the preferences which patients express for male and female doctors and from the different outcomes of male and female doctor-patient interactions.

Australia's first lunatic asylum was improvised in a disused convict barracks. The first doctors were themselves convicts, who were in conflict with a sternly moral lay superintendent. Disturbances, including a murder, occurred among the patients. The Governor restored peace by dismissing the superintendent and abolishing the post of resident doctor ...

This paper reviews the number of medical programmes in local radio broadcasting and analyses the problems presented by 158 callers on a regular medical, open-line programme in Plymouth, Devon. The problems are similar to those presenting in general medical practice. Most callers are referred back to their own doctor, usually ...

Sixty-seven per cent of medical practitioners registered in Queensland responded to a survey on their attitudes to the laws relating to abortion and sterilization in that State. Of all respondents, 79 per cent wanted some degree of liberalization of abortion laws. Personal characteristics such as age, sex and religion practised ...

The appointment, terms of service, and work of the Poor Law medical officer, the union doctor, is described to illustrate one of the roles of the mid-nineteenth century general practitioner. It was this role which laid the foundation of modern general practice.

General practitioners participating in a multipractice study were compared with those who refused to participate. We found that younger doctors, doctors in partnerships, and doctors with many patients were represented more among participants. However, no correlation was found between the number of patients examined for urinary tract infection in connection ...

A total of 1,176 general practitioners were asked to take part in a multipractice study. One group of 568 practitioners was given very detailed information about the study and 19.7 per cent agreed to take part. The remaining 605 practitioners were given only a brief introduction to the study. Of ...

In 1978, doctors in Papua New Guinea were questioned about their practice of haemoglobinometry. Forty one doctors carried out blood haemoblobin measurements themselves, 26 used the Sahli method, 26 used a photoelectric absorptiometer method and 9 used the AO/Spencer haemometer. Thirty doctors had no occasion to ever need a haemoglobin ...

The current debate on the contribution of Michael Balint's work to general practice has been initiated by Sowerby's (1977) lengthy critique.Sowerby's arguments, however, depend on one particular definition of science, simplify some complex issues, and have rigid and restrictive qualities. I give some examples to illustrate this.Secondly, Sowerby's definition of ...

Group discussions with the wives of general practitioners and vocational trainees have been held in the Boston vocational training scheme. Many problems such as being tied to the telephone and the registration of doctors' families with other general practitioners were discussed.A consensus view emerged on several topics and I believe ...

The M.Sc. course in Occupational Medicine started in September 1969 at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. Between 1969--74, ninety-eight doctors attended this 9 month full-time course. Thirty-four were British and sixty-four from overseas. A questionnaire was mailed to all of them. Eighty-four replied, i.e. a response rate ...

All prescriptions dispensed by one pharmacist during one month were examined for errors. Only 5.1 per cent of 2,237 prescription forms contained an error which meant the pharmacist had to contact the doctor. Thirty-seven per cent of prescriptions were either wholly or partly written by the receptionist. There was considerable ...

Adam Politzer (1835--1920) received his degree as Doctor of Medicine in 1859. His method of tubal inflation of the middle car with the Politzer bag was published in 1863. Together with J. Gruber, he was appointed director of the newly-founded Clinic for Otology of the University of Vienna, the first ...

Twenty-six, respectively twenty-three untrained Italian doctors participated in the rating of two patients with a preliminary Italian version of the CPRS. Despite an unfavourable setting, and some linguistic inaccuracies in the translation, a quite satisfactory degree of agreement was reached among the doctors. The Italian version of the CPRS has ...

There is only moderate enthusiasm in the medical profession for an increase in the number of women doctors. The profession has been slow to recognize the problems of combining home life with a career, but it is encouraging that there appears to be little discrimination against women.Women doctors are capable ...

The isolated practice can be developed into a satisfying and rewarding way of life. Contact between the doctor and his patient is intimate and lasting. I believe that a doctor should be motivated by God's great Commandent, "Love one another", and that it must be easier to achieve this because ...

The State of Nevada has now given its fourth series of acupuncture licensing examinations. In all, 62 candidates have taken examinations. Licenses have been granted to 27 persons as master acupuncturists (Doctors of Traditional Chinese Medicine or Doctors of Acupuncture) and to 6 as Acupuncture Assistants. At present, 4 acupuncturists ...

It is not known how many general practices are organised so that patients usually see the same doctor (separate list practice) or how many are arranged so that patients are encouraged to see any partner (combined list practice).A survey was carried out in Wiltshire which obtained an 85 per cent ...

People who overdose appear to arouse a mixture of emotions in their attending doctors, some of which are associated with feelings of inadequacy on the doctors' part. If this group of people is approached in a logical and emotionally neutral faxhion, the problem becomes essentially a manageable one. Perhaps most ...

A survey was carried out of the career experience of the doctors who graduated from Scottish medical schools in 1962. Few of those in general practice in the UK had undergone the minimum period of vocational training now considered necessary for new entrants to practice. Of those in the hospital ...

Through cooperation with a social worker attached to his practice, a family doctor can obtain valuable help in coping with patients who present problems of marriage, parenthood, old age, bereavement, physical disability and psychiatric illness. This help does not replace that already available from existing services, need not interfere in ...

In a study of the ambulance service to an outpatient physiotherapy centre in an urban area over half of the palients were aged over 65, a quarter made at least three visits to the centre weekly, and the average travel and waiting times for all patients was about two-and-a-half hours. ...

After surveys in 1961 and 1966, further questionnaires were sent in 1969 to those who had responded in 1966. These showed that wastage due to emigration and unemployment of married women doctors was nearly 20%. Compared with 49% of all qualified for three to four years in 1966, 73% had ...

Thesis (doctoral)--Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, 2006.

Two new films probe the doctor-patient relationship

Free access to the full-text of <em>Call Mama Doctor: African notes of a young woman doctor</em> (London: Allen &amp; Unwin, 1979) by Louise Jilek-Aall has been made available through Internet Mental Health. The author recounts her experience as a young woman physician working among isolated tribes in East Africa during ...

Handbook for the course Encountering medicine: doctors, patients and society 1700-1950, an undergraduate course taught at the School of History and Archaeology, Cardiff University (course code HS1821). The handbook provides an outline of the course and suggested reading and gives details of teaching methods, exam papers, suggestions for critical reviews ...

'On being a doctor' is a discussion paper exploring the role of doctors and the changing relationship between the medical profession, patients and the state. Expectations of patients, the government and NHS managers is bringing new challenges to doctors as frontline services change rapidly. Published by the King's Fund in ...

There is a high prevalence of falls and related injuries in adults with learning disabilities. This article highlights the latest evidence on the diverse risk factors for falls among this group. Research into effective falls management strategies is sparse, but there is some evidence to indicate that environmental management, strength ...

Since Europeans first settled in Australia their doctors have been interested in the visual arts. Some have been hobby painters and sculptors, a few with great distinction. Some have been gallery supporters and administrators. A few have written art books. Some have been outstanding photographers. Of the larger number of ...

OBJECTIVES: To provide health information by means of a patient library in an Australian general practice, and to examine the effects of such information on patient knowledge, anxiety and behaviour. DESIGN: Questionnaire survey of patients who borrowed library items and of doctors within the practice. SETTING: A five-doctor suburban practice ...

Henry Leighton Jones, the monkey-gland doctor of the Newcastle area during the 1930s, was a man of considerable experience in pharmacy, dentistry, general practice and surgery. His career is outlined in sufficient detail to emphasize that as a result of wide experience and a life of study he may have ...

OBJECTIVE: To describe how pharmaceutical companies cater to the material needs of doctors. DESIGN: Case report of memoirs. SETTING: Facilities that have nothing to do with medicine, somewhere in the Arabian peninsula. PATIENT POPULATION: Random sample of doctors. INTERVENTIONS: Promotion by the pharmaceutical industry. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Short term outcomes ...

How much pension will you receive from the NHS Superannulation Scheme upon retirement? Some hospital doctors do not have a clear idea of the likely benefits or indeed any appreciation of the ancillary features included in the NHSSS. It is therefore appropriate to begin this series of articles on pension ...

The use of enteral feeding tubes, such as nasogastric and gastrostomy tubes, to support a patient's nutritional intake is generally considered to be safe and effective. However, recent alerts and recommendations from the National Patient Safety Agency (NPSA) regarding enteral feeding have led health professionals to review their practice and ...