General Practice in Bulgaria

Pharmacy Practice and Education in Bulgaria

Pharmacies in Bulgaria have a monopoly on the dispensing of medicinal products that are authorized in the Republic of Bulgaria, as well as medical devices, food additives, cosmetics, and sanitary/hygienic articles. Aptekari (pharmacists) act as responsible pharmacists, pharmacy owners, and managers. They follow a five year Masters of Science in Pharmacy (M.Sc. Pharm.) degree course with a six m...

A Preliminary Investigation of Cast Anxiety in General Orthopaedic Practice

Background: Anxiety following casting is an unrecognised complication that results in frequent visits to fracture clinic in the UK. There is a paucity of research regarding this complication. Failure to recognise Cast Anxiety (CA) leads to increased visits, frequent cast changes and possible failure of treatment despite no objective problems with the cast. Prior research has suggested a possibl...

Situating general practice training in the general practice context.

Migraine in general practice.

MIGRAINE does not kill. It produces painful, incapacitating attacks that last for hours and which with agonising regularity disrupt the normal pattern of life. This essay deals with the identification and treatment of trigger factors, which in a susceptible individual provoke a disabling paroxysmal headache. Trigger factors as diverse as stress, hunger, alcohol, fatigue, menstruation, oral cont...

Urology in General Practice

A contribution to theoretical thinking about psychoanalytic technique by a leading psychoanalyst such as Karl Menninger is noteworthy. From this point of view alone, this book commends itself to anyone utilizing psychoanalytic principles and practices in his work, anyone interested in the philosophical and practical impact of psychoanalysis on society today, or one whose contact with psychoanal...