What people really want to see is a magician/physician. The shaman will know, better than the patient, what has been wrong so there is no need to delve into the history. With a potion or an incantation, the sickness will melt away. Failing a magical solution there could be a very private word or many more into the private doctor’s ear since the doctor’s time is at the disposal of a patient’s ca...

Code Title Contact Info Description CLP-CE-01 Assessment and Management of Eating Disorders Inquiries: Dr. Woodside, (416) 340-4445 Supervisor(s): Drs. B. Woodside, P. Colton, K. Sutandar Place: Toronto General Hospital Time: Flexible No. of Residents: 2 This elective would provide exposure for residents to the assessment and management of patients with anorexia and bulimia nervosa and their fa...

The first section begins with an historical and philosophical account of scientific theory; it discusses the difficulties encountered in establishing biology as a separate entity, apart from the determinist perspective of the classical physical sciences. Mayr eloquently argues against the notion of reducing organisms to the physical-chemical principles of classical science. According to Mayr, o...

Consultation, an indirect school counselor service, is provided by 79% (n = 998) school counselor currently. Most frequently consultation occurs with teachers, parents, and principals. MANOVA and post hoc analysis indicate differences in consultation practices across academic levels. Choosing a consultation model based on the type of service recipient (i.e., administration, faculty, parents, ot...

There is significant transparency on data usage and billing, but not on QoS parameters as also discovered by us in this survey [1]. The data usage and billing aspects are hard to understand though, and actions like keeping users regularly informed about their data usage and unit costs can help improve consumer awareness. Information on QoS however tends to be quite misleading and incomplete, as...

Patients are more likely to develop psychological problems if their concerns are unresolved and their information needs unmet. However, many health professionals are uncertain how to elicit patients' concerns or tailor information appropriately. These difficulties may also lead to psychological problems for the health professional. Feeling inadequately trained in communication skills has been l...

paintings and engravings of moral subjects wrote ‘... I have endeavoured to treat my subjects as a dramatic writer; my picture is my stage, and men and women my players, who by means of certain actions and gestures are to exhibit a dumb show.’ The first of these moral subjects was the series The Harlot’s Progress (1731–2), followed by The Rake’s Progress (1735), Marriage à La Mode (1743) and fi...

In a 1998 survey of New York metropolitan area anesthesiologists, surgeons, and cardiologists, the three specialties were in general agreement that important purposes of a cardiology consultation are to treat an inadequately treated cardiac condition before surgery (e.g., unstable angina or congestive heart failure [CHF]), to provide data to use in anesthesia management (e.g., ischemic threshol...

he future of healthcare delivery systems will depend on heir ability to provide the best care at the least cost. In he clinical laboratory, this translates to ensuring that lecreased test use means appropriate use. The latter is nhikely to occur unless clinical laboratories provide practicing physicians with advice on test strategy and iterpretation of results. Effective clinical laboratory con...