Do doctors understand alcohol units?

Do Financial Incentives Increase Doctors’ Willingness to Publish Research? – A Pilot Study of 21 Junior Doctors

Alcohol education for doctors.

A conference on alcohol education at the Department ofHealth and Social Services (DHSS) in March (1986) under the aegis of the Chief Medical Officer and organised by Dr R. J. Wawman seemed at times like a group psychotherapy session or a confessional, as one speaker put it. It began with five doctors newly appointed hospital consultants or principals in general practice each giving a ten minute...

Do doctors need Deming?

Amongst the relatively new group of health professionals concerned with evaluating the quality of care there is confusion with regard to the terminology of programs for assessing that care. The new terminologies of Total Quality Management (TQM) and Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) certainly imply a greater involvement by "managers" of health care facilities. If this leads to the provision ...

Do Doctors Practice Defensive

Doctors' drinking habits and consumption of alcohol.

Alcohol consumption and drinking habits among Finnish doctors were studied as part of a survey of stress and burnout. A questionnaire containing 99 questions or groups of questions was sent to all 3496 practising doctors aged under 66 randomly selected from the registry of the Finnish Medical Association. Altogether 2671 doctors (76%) responded; this sample was representative of the Finnish med...