Consultation among physicians: conflict or complimentary purposes?

Consultation among physicians: conflict or complimentary purposes?

Physicians' experiences and beliefs regarding informal consultation.

CONTEXT Efforts to control medical expenses by emphasizing primary care and limiting specialty care may influence how physicians use informal or "curbside" consultation. OBJECTIVE To understand physicians' use of and beliefs about informal consultation. DESIGN Survey mailed in July 1997. PARTICIPANTS Of a random sample of Massachusetts general internists, pediatricians, cardiologists, ort...

Curbside consultation practices and attitudes among primary care physicians and medical subspecialists.

CONTEXT Informal (curbside) consultations are an integral part of medical culture and may be of great value to patients and primary care physicians. However, little is known about physicians' behavior or attitudes toward curbside consultation. OBJECTIVE To describe and compare curbside consultation practices and attitudes among primary care physicians and medical subspecialists. DESIGN Surv...

Virtual Reality and Rapid Prototyping: Conflicting or Complimentary?

It is likely that the uses for virtual reality (VR) will coincide with applications that rapid prototyping systems have already been used for. VR, with the ability to model real life environments, presents an ideal base for the design and development of new manufactured products. As a method of producing physical models directly from 3D CAD systems, rapid prototyping technology has also been us...

Work-Family Conflict among Female and Male Physicians in Hungary: Prevalence, Stressor Predictors and Potential Consequences on Physicians’ Well-Being

Adam, S. & Gyorffy, Z. (2004). Role conflict among female physicians in Hungary:causes, effects and coping strategies. Psychology and Health, 19, 8-9. Adam, S. & Gyorffy, Z. (2006). Burnout among Hungarian female and malephysicians: prevalence and potential precursors. Psychology and Health, 21, 10. Adam, S. & Gyorffy, Z. (2006). High prevalence of work-family conflict among femalep...