Patient-orientated gastroenterology.

Patient-orientated gastroenterology.

Analysis of the first year's working of a combined gastroenterology clinic in a district hospital has shown that the major benefit was improved patient management. Hospital attendances were reduced, the diagnostic process accelerated, and unnecessary radiological investigations and surgical operations avoided. There were no obvious major disadvantages.

Patient-orientated Aspects of the Postoperative Course after Hernia Surgery

Patient-Reported Outcomes in Gastroenterology: Clinical and Research Applications

Patient-generated reports, also known as Patient-Reported Outcomes (PROs), capture the patients' illness experience in a structured format and may help bridge the gap between patients and providers. PROs measure any aspect of patient-reported health (e.g., physical, emotional or social symptoms) and can help to direct care and improve clinical outcomes. When clinicians systematically collect pa...

Gastroenterology

This book is one of a series of handbooks commissioned by the British Nuclear Medicine Society to act as a guide to Clinicians interested in the clinical use of radioactive tracers. The book is designed to discuss the potential applications of radioactive trace methods to clinical problem solving. No one would dispute the attraction of a series of this kind and after the choice of topic, the mo...

Gastroenterology

IN Part I of this book practical health education is offered at all the critical periods of life's development, from womb to tomb. The book is enjoyable to read, but some medical data may only be read and understood by the more educated public, and not by socially deprived people in the community. An admirable attempt is made however to educate about what constitutes 'Health and Non-Health' and...