In the last 6-7 years there has been a progressive increase in the use of nurses or secretaries in Paediatric Primary care setting. Regional incentives (few) and the rising (remarkable) of the workload and patients’ requests, convinced about the 40% of the italian Family Paediatricians (FP) to hire new staff. In the 70% of cases the employers were organized in working group in one private pract...

General practice is the corner stone of Danish primary health care. General practitioners (GPs) are similar to family physicians in the United States. On average, all Danes have 6.9 contacts per year with their GP (in-person, telephone, or E-mail consultation). General practice is characterized by 5 key components: (1) a list system, with an average of close to 1600 persons on the list of a typ...

BACKGROUND Previous research has shown a correlation between physician job satisfaction and patient satisfaction with quality of care, but the connection between job satisfaction of other primary care team members and patient satisfaction is yet unclear. OBJECTIVE To evaluate whether there is an association between patient satisfaction and job satisfaction of the members of patient care teams. ...

CHAIRMEN AND MATHEMATICS (A) PHYSICS (B) CHEMISTRY (C) ASTRONOMY (D) Lipman Bers Edwin M. McMillan Thomas E. Taylor Frank D. Drake SECRETARIES OF F. A. Ficken Rolf M. Sinclair Leo Schubert Arlo U. Landolt AAAS SECTIONS PSYCHOLOGY (J) SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC SCIENCES (K) HISTORY AND PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE Carl P. Duncan Robert K. Merton Ernest Nagel William D. Garvey Harvey SapoIsky Dudley Shapere IN...

The President of Brazil established an Interministerial Work Group in order to "evaluate the model of classification and valuation of disabilities used in Brazil and to define the elaboration and adoption of a unique model for all the country". Eight Ministries and/or Secretaries participated in the discussion over a period of 10 months, concluding that a proposed model should be based on the U...

Mr. President and Gentlemen,?When the Hon. Secretaries of this Society did me the honour to invite me, some time ago, to read a paper, it occurred to me that I could not choose a more suitable subject to bring before you than that of leprosy; for not only is the question of the spread of that disease now attracting considerable attention in medical circles, but I feel that no scientific body is...

By Professor A. R. Simpson, Retiring President of the Society. Gentlemen,?Before I leave this now familiar seat, it becomes me to offer you my heartfelt thanks for the favour you showed me in making me a third time your President, and for the kindness and courtesy that have made my tenure of the office an unalloyed pleasure. There are positions of honour that entail a heavy burden of service. I...