Writing to referring doctors

Doctors' writing, and writings.

Preilowski B. Cortical and subcortical afferent connections of the primate's temporal pole. A study using rhesus monkeys, squirrel monkeys, and marmosets. The amyg-dala's contribution to memory-a PET-study on two patients with Urbach-Wiethe disease. The effect of organic brain disease on recall of emotionally charged versus neutral narrative texts. The quality of doctors' writing has long been ...

Referring doctors’ perspectives about Physiotherapy management for chronic musculoskeletal pain

Background: Patients diagnosed with chronic disabling musculoskeletal pain have better health outcomes and higher levels of satisfaction with Physiotherapy management. A pilot study conducted by the authors found that doctor’s referral to Physiotherapy treatment could have affected the satisfaction of the patients towards Physiotherapy management. Objectives: The aim of the current study was to...

Why are hospital doctors not referring to Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry? – a systemic review

BACKGROUND Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry (CLP) is a subspecialty of psychiatry that provides care to inpatients under non-psychiatric care. Despite evidence of benefits of CLP for inpatients with psychiatric comorbidities, referral rates from hospital doctors remain low. This review aims to understand barriers to CLP inpatient referral as described in the literature. METHODS We searched on ...

The voices of neurosurgeons: doctors' non-medical writing.

Biomedical publishing is an integral part of medicine--both to those who produce it and those who consume it to improve the care of their patients. Non-medical writing by surgeons usually takes the form of creative non-fiction, generally reflective essays on moving and emotionally charged situations such as working in the trenches in war-time or in natural disasters, or dealing with individual ...

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