This overview of selected characteristics of group and solo practices provides baseline information on the dimensions and structures of two general practice types in the United States. It appears that although a dentist spends no more hours or sees no more patients on the average in a group practice, the ...

Data from the actual private practices of two dentists were compared with respective data from the participation of the same two dentists in a laboratory model of private practice conducted in the University of North Carolina Dental Research Center. The findings show that a laboratory model can be established which ...

Eighty senior nursing students at the University of San Francisco (USF) were divided at random into four groups of 20. Two groups were pretested on their knowledge of acupuncture and Chinese medicine. One week later a 50-minute class in acupuncture and Chinese medicine was given in a community health class ...

This paper describes the work of a marriage guidance cousellor in a group-practice centre. The considerable advantages to patient, doctor, and counsellor of her close association with the primary medical care team are discussed.

In order for the ophthalmologist to achieve the greatest earning power and personal satisfaction, he or she must devise traffic flow techniques that efficiently allow for maximum utilization of all examining areas and paramedical personnel in the office without dehumanizing patients. By delegating as much responsibility as possible to staff, ...

It vitally concerns the prospective new member of a group (single or multiple) to retain a knowledgeable attorney who should review the contract with at least the six points described at the beginning of this chapter uppermost in mind. No verbal or written commitment ever should be made until this ...

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The AfESG is one of the many specialist groups of the Species Survival Commission of the IUCN (World Conservation Union). The group is focused on the conservation and management of African elephants. The website hosts the African Elephant Database of elephant status reports, the online journal 'Pachyderm' and the African ...

Physio2U is a facility provided by the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy (CSP) whereby it is possible to obtain details of chartered physiotherapists in private practice. The search facility allows users to search for a specific physiotherapist by forename or surname, postcode, county, or special area of practice. The special areas ...

The Private Forest Management Team (PFMT) is a coordinated team effort among public and private forest landowners mainly in the southern states of the USA, and is based at Auburn University. The website includes several virtual forestry tours - available either as slideshows or for viewing with RealPlayer (which can ...

"Heartsink" patients exasperate, defeat, and overwhelm their doctors by their behaviour. A group of such patients was followed up over five years in a general practice, and this paper describes what happened to them. As a group they were often in employment and in stable relationships, though women were over ...

The practical use of telehealth systems is considered in the follow-up to last week's article.

Certificates of inability or fitness to work were issued on 6,161 occasions in one year in one group practice. Half the episodes of illness lasted for seven days or less, and two thirds of the episodes ended on a Sunday. Clearly in most cases the doctor does no more than ...

In a group of seven physicians engaged on a full-time basis in the anticoagulant unit of a teaching hospital, it was demonstrated that errors occur frequently in the management of anticoagulant therapy and that the incidence of such errors decreases during the course of the physician's training period. Expert supervision ...