Asthma control—Practical suggestions for practicing doctors in family practice

Family doctors and innovation in general practice.

Family doctors have been presented with changes in government policies and incentives in a recent white paper on primary care. Little work has been done, however, to find out how general practitioners respond to such measures. The response of general practitioners to professional and economic incentives was examined in relation to the location of the practice and the characteristics of the prac...

Asthma in children: management issues for family doctors.

Asthma is still one of the leading causes of morbidity in children. Despite the improved understanding in the disease pathogenesis and availability of the different classes of drugs, the incidence of emergency visits due to acute exacerbations and admission rates due to frequent and uncontrolled disease is fairly high. Management of bronchial asthma in children is quite different to that of adu...

Knowledge of Asthma among Doctors Practicing in Three South Eastern States of Nigeria

BACKGROUND Asthma is a chronic airway disease that has a significant impact on patients with substantial global socioeconomic burden. Appropriate knowledge by health care practitioners is important in the management of asthma. AIM The aim was to assess the knowledge of asthma among doctors practicing in health care facilities in three South-Eastern states of Nigeria. SUBJECTS AND METHODS Th...

Oh! The places you'll go: suggestions for newly minted doctors of nursing practice.

Theorizing Practice and Practicing Theory

This paper describes the emerging field of practice theory as it is practiced in relation to organizational phenomena. We identify three approaches — empirical, theoretical, and philosophical — that relate to the what, the how and the why of using a practice lens. We discuss three principles of the theoretical approach to practice, and offer examples of how practice theory has been used in the ...