OBJECTIVES This study examined the difference in satisfaction between patients assigned to chiropractic vs medical care for treatment of low back pain in a managed care organization. METHODS Satisfaction scores (on a 10-50 scale) after 4 weeks of follow-up were compared among 672 patients randomized to receive medical or chiropractic care. RESULTS The mean satisfaction score for chiropracti...

The number of third-party independent medical examinations is increasing, and so is the controversy surrounding them. Dorothy Grant of the Medical Society of Nova Scotia provides advice on how physicians should address this potentially contentious issue.

Medical services play a pivotal role in people’s lives and the national economy. Although number of healthcare facilities is currently growing every year, there are still major problems terms access pressure on flow people. Therefore, an urgent need for complementary medical to alleviate patients their psychological burden enable them receive timely advice. This article designs implements Q&amp...

These patterns are for two closely related audiences, the authors and the shepherds. Why have one set of patterns for two audiences? The obvious reason is that authors and shepherds are often the same people, and much of the advice is the same. But more importantly, an author can gain great insights by understanding what a reader – in this case, the shepherd – is looking for. So I modified the ...

This work present the main features of the ADVICE (IST 1999-11305) project, a research project whose main aim is to develop a virtual assistant for e-shops that imitates the behaviour of a human vendor.

This study aimed to understand the reasons for late presentation of cases of severe neonatal hyperbilirubinaemia. We administered a questionnaire to parents of 130 infants with severe jaundice admitted to Cairo University Children's Hospital neonatal intensive care unit at age > or = 6 days over an 18-month period. Although 125 infants (96.2%) were delivered in a health care facility, no discha...