Patient-physician relationship and ante-natal seeking behaviour in public hospitals

Ante-natal and Post-natal Care

glucose thlirapy is call(ed forIt' rar l ese \IIIvt'lee these measures fail, abortioni hias to he iln(luce(l. Ana.stlhsia is e1-r (lamngerous in these cases. (Gas and oxygen sihouldl be chloseln. Results of Treabtne ii t .-Ou)t of 790 patientIs admitted to III \ wards at the Ri)va Maternity HIospital from ulgust, 1988, till tI e end of 198-, tliirteen] cases were admitte(d as hlypercmesis. Of t...

Ante-Natal Care

Ante-natal Care

how many patients are walking about suffering from the disease in a mild form in whom some of the major catastrophes never occur. 3. Its relationship to cancer is doubtful. Most writers say it is not a precursor, but W. T. Mayo found carcinoma in thirteen out of forty-two cases of diverticulitis. 4. It is hard to treat successfully. The treatment that is theoretically correct is often unsuitabl...

The Principles of Ante-Natal and Post-Natal Child Hygiene

This is the most complete textbook on the subject child hygiene that we have yet seen. No aspect of the subject is left untouched. The author has a wide knowledge of child hygiene and communicates his knowledge in an easy but elegant, literary style. Despite ^e detail, it is a very readable book. The illustrations are numerous and add greatly to the interest of the book. ?The history and develo...

The Patient-physician Relationship

DURING THE 1980S, RENEWED interest in the patientphysician relationship and the availability of more sophisticated audio and video technology allowed investigators to explore medical discourse in unprecedented detail. One of the most frequently quoted studies from this period (Beckman and Frankel) suggested that patients, asked to describe their concerns by a physician, were most often redirect...