Number of Doctors, Dentists, Pharmacists and Medical Professionals in 1369

Diet, exercise and mental-wellbeing of healthcare professionals (doctors, dentists and nurses) in Pakistan

Background. "Health is wealth" is a time tested adage. Health becomes more relevant when it comes to professionals whose job is to provide people with services that maintain an optimum state of mental, physical and social well-being. Healthcare professionals (HCP) differ from general population in regards to the nature of their work, stress, burnout etc. which begs the need to have a robust sta...

Effective collaboration between doctors and pharmacists

The latest buzzword in healthcare is “collaboration”. Despite its overuse and associated political spin, the premise of bringing together distinct professionals is admirable, and it presents ideals of improving service quality for patients and increasing efficiency and skills for professionals. The Oxford English Dictionary defines the word “collaborate” as “to work jointly on an activity or pr...

Doctors' speech and medical terminology today

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More doctors and dentists are needed in South Africa.

BACKGROUND. An aim of the Colleges of Medicine of South Africa (CMSA) project 'Strengthening Academic Medicine and Specialist Training' was to research the number and needs of specialists and subspecialists within South Africa. METHODS. Data were collected from several sources: Deans of the 8 Faculties of Health Sciences and the Presidents of the 27 constituent Colleges of the CMSA completed a ...

The causes of death of South African doctors and dentists.

Differences in emotional and pain-related language in tweets about dentists and medical doctors: Text-analysis of Twitter content

Background: Social media provides people with easy ways to communicate their attitudes and feelings to a wide audience. Many people unfortunately have negative associations and feelings about dental treatment due to former painful experiences. Former research indicates that there might exist a pervasive and negative occupational stereotype related to dentists, and that this stereotype is expres...