Osteoarthritis-related joint pain is prevalent and potentially disabling. United Kingdom clinical guidelines suggest that patients should be supported to self-manage in primary care settings. However, the processes and mechanisms that influence patient consultation decisions for joint pain are not comprehensively understood. We recruited participants (N = 22) from an existing longitudinal surve...

Professional development in schools is often conducted to assist teachers in curriculum, instruction, and general pedagogy. Little emphasis is placed on social-emotional issues experienced by teachers, although high levels of stress and burnout are common. School counselors are in an ideal position to support teachers by providing consultation focused on social-emotional health. This qualitativ...

Despite the increasing interest in clinical ethics, ethics consultation as a professional service is still rare in Europe. In this paper I refer to examples in the United States. In Germany, university hospitals and medical faculties are still hesitant about establishing yet another "committee". One of the reasons for this hesitation lies in the ignorance that exists here about how to provide m...

BACKGROUND Despite the importance of the postnatal consultation, in Morocco, only 22% of women attended these consultations. The aim of this study was to identify associated factors with these consultations and offer suggestions to improve their use. METHODS This study was conducted in 2014 in Marrakech. A sample of women in reproductive age (15-49 yr) giving birth during 2013 year was enroll...

CONTEXT Doctors have been known to treat or give consultation to patients informally, with none of the usual record keeping or follow up. They may wish to know whether this practice is ethical. OBJECTIVE To determine whether this practice meets criteria of medical ethics. DESIGN Informal medicine is analysed according to standard ethical principles: autonomy, beneficence and non-maleficence...

‘E-medicine’, i.e. the possibilities for patients to have access to medical information and medical consultation at Internet raises new ethical issues. In this paper e-medicine is discussed in terms of how it will affect the patient-doctor-relation, patient autonomy and the moral and professional responsibility of doctors.

This project aimed to determine whether avoiding the use of lotions or topical agents for four hours prior to radiation therapy is supported by evidence. A comprehensive literature review, interviews with clinical experts, benchmarking with international cancer centers, and consultation with professional nursing organizations were conducted. Results showed limited evidence as well as variation ...

There are multiple ethical issues that clinicians must navigate in the course of providing psychological and rehabilitative services. Such responsibility requires ongoing decision-making, process review, and adept clinical judgment. Moreover, adjunctive supervision and consultation promotes proficiency and clinical accountability. Likewise, continuous critical self-evaluation helps identify pro...

Abstract Language resources for studying doctor–patient interaction are rare, primarily due to the ethical issues related recording real medical consultations. Rarer still that involve more than one healthcare professional in consultation with a patient, despite many chronic conditions requiring multiple areas of expertise effective treatment. In this paper, we present design, construction and ...

the high comorbidity of medical and psychiatric diagnoses in the general hospital population requires collaboration between various medical fields to provide comprehensive health care. this study aims to find the rate of psychiatric consultations, their timing and overall diagnostic trend in comparison to previous studies. tehran university of medical sciences has got an active psychiatric cons...