BACKGROUND Preconception care provided by family physicians/general practitioners (FP/GPs) can provide predictable benefits to mothers and infants. The objective of this study was to elucidate knowledge of, attitudes about, and practices of preconception care by FP/GPs in Japan. METHODS A survey was distributed to physician members of the Japanese Academy of Family Medicine. The questionnaire...

OBJECTIVES To investigate cooperation between occupational physicians (OPs) and general practitioners (GPs). METHODS Literature review; structured interviews; questionnaires sent to randomised samples of OPs (n = 232) and GPs (n = 243). RESULTS Actual cooperation is poor. However, more than 80% of both groups responded that they want to improve their cooperation, aiming at better quality of...

Published by: Tehran University of Medical Sciences (http://ijp.tums.ac.ir) Fig. 1: Brain MRIs demonstrating hyperintense lesions in middle cerebellar peduncles on axial T2 weighted brain MRI (Part A), similar intensities in the tectum and tegmentum of midbrain on the left side (Part B), intense enhancement of mammillary bodies on the T1 weighted MRI with contrast (Part C), and hyperintense les...

BACKGROUND Human resource in health system especially in developing countries has main role in health promotion. Therefore their satisfaction and motivation are the key points in developing health system. OBJECTIVE To determine the motivation and satisfaction of general physicians (GP) towards their career. METHODS Using random sampling, 150 physicians were selected from comprehension comme...

background: high prices and the risk of bacterial resistance are two important reasons for educations of rational use of antibiotics in general physicians (gps). the aim of this study was to determine the effect of workshop on rational use of antibiotics in gps prescriptions. methods: this was a before-after study, which was conducted on 17 attended gps in the workshop. 2040 prescriptions from ...

BACKGROUND Obesity is considered a disease and one of the fastest growing global threats. In Pakistan General Physicians (GPs) are approached first in case of any disease thus their knowledge and practices regarding obesity are very important to assess. Our objective was to assess the knowledge and practices of GPs regarding obesity and management. METHODS This was a cross-sectional study con...

Bath-related deaths occur frequently in Japan, particularly in the elderly population; however, this fact is not sufficiently well known by the public. The advent of a super-aging society will expose general physicians to more cases of fatal and nonfatal bath-related accidents. As many of the victims have one or more lifestyle-related diseases, general physicians will play a more important role...