Sentences with phrase «many general practitioners»

So rather than solely working with other general practitioners, GPs worked with surgeons, obstetricians and ophthalmologists.

«We're always reminding people that whichever doctor they speak with, that they coordinate with their regular general practitioner,» said Scholnick.

Glenn Davies has been appointed healthcare administrator and general practitioner for BankWest's new $ 61 billion healthcare sector, with the formation of a new healthcare business banking unit.

Certainly as a general practitioner I can guarantee that if a soldier and his or her family were in my practice, the soldier would get regular calls and be encouraged to visit with me along with family members.

You generally have to visit an NHS general practitioner before your private health insurance will approve a private visit.

These facilities have way more focus on the consumer and more entrepreneurialism than any general practitioner ever had.

Stanford here in our backyard is gathering up general practitioners, specialists, they're literally getting as many people into their system as they possibly can.

You see this kind of... And, by the way, if you are a startup that wants to sell to an individual general practitioner, you should know that they're actually on the wane.

A founding member and Fellow of the American College of Lifestyle Medicine, Dr. Greger is licensed as a general practitioner specializing in clinical nutrition.

General practitioners are not.

Certainly a partial answer to this question comes from common sense: that the notion of «theology» has come to have academic and specialized meanings from which a general practitioner, with some justice, excludes himself.

Speakers at the event included (in addition to Davidson, Williams, and me) Andrew Comiskey (Executive Director and Founder of Desert Stream / Living Waters), Dr. Christopher Rosik (former president of NARTH), Floyd Godfrey (a licensed professional counselor in Arizona and author, who has come out of the homosexual life), Dr. Peter May (a general practitioner of medicine for over thirty years), and Martin Davie (a Tutor in Christian Doctrine at Wycliffe Hall at Oxford University who has written an important response to the Pilling Report).

And then there was the approving smile from my general practitioner in California who said of AA.: «Oh yes, they emphasize the religious, don't they?

These included an eye specialist (Dr. Ferguson) and a general practitioner (Dr. Howard S.) who had been «an alcoholic and had been cured by Smith and his friends» activities and the Christian technique prescribed.»

We're having issues in the medical industry because there are too many specialists and not enough general practitioners.

The document, which is also backed by the Royal College of General Practitioners and the National Counselling Society, updates a previous memorandum issued two years ago which focused exclusively on sexual orientation.

«I'm a general practitioner and I've seen so many women come in who are unexpectedly pregnant, and completely delighted about it.»

Yet the clergy refer only 33 percent of such severe cases to mental health facilities, whereas general practitioners refer 88 percent of such clients.

This kind of work, he is told, calls for a professional, a general practitioner.

Dr David Unwin, Expert Clinical Advisor for Diabetes at the Royal College of General Practitioners and GP at The Norwood Surgery in Southport, discusses why he introduced a low carbohydrate diet for patients with type 2 diabetes — work which saw him named the 2016 NHS Innovator of the Year.

The specialists at an orthopedic urgent care clinic will follow you from diagnosis and treatment through your rehabilitation and recovery, while a general practitioner or emergency room physician may refer you to an orthopedic specialist for follow up care.

Dr Neil Townshend is a General Practitioner in the Cotswolds having been Luge Olympian in 1980.

I've had more appointments than you can shake a stick at, including with my general practitioner, a cardiology nurse, an eye surgeon, an optometrist, a therapist, a reiki master and tonight, a massage therapist.

Once kids become legal adults at age 18, they can visit an adult primary care physician (PCP), such as an internal medicine doctor (internist), a general practitioner, or a family medicine doctor.

Unlike general practitioners and pediatricians, their knowledge is highly specialized.

I made an appointment with my general practitioner who I've come to trust although I planned on doing water birth with a midwife.

Even today, the literature available tends to focus on different aspects depending on whether the author is a dentist, lactation consultant, speech - language pathologist, surgeon or general practitioner.

Obstetric hospitals and general practitioner units: the statistical record.

Most health care practitioners have positive views about breastfeeding but report inadequate knowledge and desire additional training about lactation management.15 — 18 Studies have suggested that small, interactive workshops can increase the knowledge of general practitioners about breastfeeding.19 — 21 In this study, resident knowledge about the benefits of breastfeeding showed a modest increase following the intervention.

Some parents prefer a general practitioner, family physician or chiropractor.

Some parents simply take their children to their GP (general practitioner doctor).

The debate about choice in childbirth has been rekindled recently1 and along with it the issue of place of birth.2 3 With the gradual withdrawal of most general practitioners from intrapartum care4 and the progressive closure of many small units in line with government recommendations choice for most women has decreased.

Eighty five per cent (1067/1255) of all attitudinal questionnaires were returned, including 90 % (226/251) of the questionnaires sent to midwives, 86 % and 90 % (216/251 and 226/251) of the antenatal and postnatal questionnaires sent to general practitioners, and 78 % and 72 % (196/251 and 181/251) of those sent to the women.

In the event, general practitioners participated in 51 (36 %) home births; however, only 16 midwives mentioned the general practitioner as actually being present at delivery.

General practitioners fear complications, which is one reason women find it difficult to obtain a home birth.

Steering group — This study was planned and coordinated by Jean Davies, research midwife, Newcastle; Pat Davies, health visitor, Sunderland; Alan Fortune, general practitioner, Alnwick; Linda Hedley, senior midwife, Berwick; Edmund Hey, consultant paediatrician, Newcastle; Barbara Hinchcliffe, health visitor, Hexham; Maureen Hodgson, community midwife, North Durham; Ann Kirkpatrick, midwifery supervisor, Darlington; Jane Lumley, National Childbirth Trust, Hexham; Norma McPherson, community midwife, Barrow in Furness; Diane Packham, Association for the Improvement of Maternity Services, Newcastle; Willie Reid, consultant obstetrician, Carlisle; Marjorie Renwick, regional maternity survey coordinator, Newcastle; Margaret Robinson, community midwife, Cockermouth; Laura Robson, director of midwifery education, Newcastle; Sheila Smithson, community midwife, Middlesbrough; Ann West, senior midwife, Penrith; Margaret Whyte, the Society to Support Home Confinement; Jane Wright, community midwife, Teesside; and Gavin Young, general practitioner, Penrith.

Though women wanted the support of their general practitioner, only a minority had a doctor who thought their request was appropriate.

General practitioners had reservations about half of the booking requests.

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One woman tried 12 different doctors and could not find one prepared to provide intrapartum care; she continued to search even though she had already had one home birth without a general practitioner present.

Objective: To collect data from a cohort of women requesting a home birth and examine the experience and outcome of pregnancy, the indications for hospital transfer, and the attitudes of mothers, midwives, and general practitioners.

However homely hospital is made, the principle of freedom of choice remains, as acknowledged by the Royal College of Obstetricians, the Royal College of Midwives, and the Royal College of General Practitioners.26

This study concentrates on the experiences of women requesting home birth wherever they ultimately delivered but, uniquely, it also examines the attitudes of the midwives and general practitioners.

Only 63 % (136) of general practitioners said they were prepared to give cover for home birth, and 28 (11 %) women changed their general practitioner in order to have a doctor supportive of home birth.

When the midwife rated the general practitioner as supportive there was a higher rate of home delivery (66 of 94 cases; 70 %) than when the general practitioner was rated as unsupportive (45/83; 54 %).

Information on each case was collected by six anonymised Freepost questionnaires designed to collect factual and attitudinal predelivery and postdelivery information from the woman, her general practitioner, and her midwife irrespective of where she eventually delivered.

Only nine women (3.6 % of all women studied) had a home birth as well as a supportive general practitioner and a midwife they already knew.

It is not clear whether this difference was due to the negative impact of an unsupportive general practitioner or the positive impact of a supportive one.

General practitioners» support is sought and influential but uncommon, possibly because of a lack of understanding of the responsibilities of the midwife and general practitioner.

Probably it also arises from a misunderstanding of their role and of the accountability of midwives as well as from an exaggerated idea of what is expected of general practitioners, who despite obstetric training are unlikely to have maintained their skills.