in response to the questioning of health policy and management (hpam) by colleagues on the role of rank and file family physicians in the same journal, the author, a family physician in belgium, is trying to highlight the complexity and depth of the work of his colleagues and their contribution to the understanding of the organization and economy of healthcare. it addresses, in particular, the ...

introduction: quality of life (qol) of emergency medicine specialists can be effective in providing services to patients. the aim of the present study was evaluating the lifestyle of emergency medicine practitioners, understanding their problems, and addressing the solutions to enhance and improve their lifestyles, in teaching hospitals in iran. method: this descriptive cross-sectional study wa...

results totally, 108 subjects who filled in their questionnaires were included in the study. the study population, including 68.5% females, had a mean age of 36.30 ± 8.878 years. smokers comprised 1.8% of the subjects. exercise more than twice a week was reported by 19.4%. correspondingly, severe and moderate life-related and work-related stress was reported by 61.1% and 63.9% of the subjects. ...

many people and even some doctors, in the past, believed that only god decides about human birth. they believed that human knowledge is far from determining this. when islamic civilization began to spread, medical knowledge made great progress too. muslim doctors began to express their opinions about fertility and infertility. this study, which is basically a library research, is an attempt to ...

Sleeplessness, a universal condition with diverse causes, may be increasingly diagnosed and treated (or medicalized) as insomnia. We examined the trend in sleeplessness complaints, diagnoses, and prescriptions of sedative hypnotics in physician office visits from 1993 to 2007. Consistent with the medicalization hypothesis, sleeplessness complaints and insomnia diagnoses increased over time and ...

AIMS In Belgium, general practitioners (GPs) mainly manage oral anticoagulation therapy. To improve the quality of oral anticoagulation management by GPs and to compare different models and interventions, a randomized clinical trial was performed. METHODS AND RESULTS Stratified randomization divided 66 GP-practices into four groups. A 6-month retrospective analysis assessed the baseline quali...

Do cultural values and traditions influence the development of coping styles ? To address this question, we compared self-reports of coping by 6-14-year-olds in Thailand and the U.S. One hundred and forty-one children were interviewed about six common stressors: separation from a friend, injection in a doctor's office, adult anger, peer animosity, school failure, and physical injury. Children's...

Physician Assistants (PAs) have become an integral part of the United States (U.S.) health care system since the profession began in the late 1960s. PAs have been suggested as solutions to predicted physician shortages especially in primary care. This study examined the predictors of primary care and rural practice patterns of PAs in Utah. A cross sectional survey design was utilized. The outco...