Counsel.

Can general practitioners counsel?

It has been suggested that general practitioners are in a prime position to counsel patients presenting with psychosocial problems. While many doctors use counselling skills in their consultations few have received training in counselling and the difference between the use of counselling skills and the process of counselling is not always understood. This paper examines the differences between ...

The Independent Counsel Mess

Deconstructing the Right to Counsel

How to Counsel Men About PSA Screening.

Prostate cancer is the most common nonskin cancer and causes about 27,000 deaths in U.S. men each year.1 However, the only U.S. randomized trial of prostate-specific antigen (PSA) screening did not find a mortality benefit after 13 years of follow-up.2 Even after results from a European trial found slightly lower prostate cancer– specific (but not all-cause) mortality in screened participants, ...

Right to Counsel in Virginia Juvenile Proceedings