As a doctor you are involved in the rehabilitation of those suffering from chronic or permanent disabling problems. Rehabilitation is not a specialized technique, not a method, not even a principle but is a philosophy in action. The philosophy of total care of your patient as well as the continuing care for him. The broad aim or goal of rehabilitation is to correct in so far as is possible your...

The growing concern over violence against health service staff is reflected in an increasing number of anecdotal reports in both the medical and the lay press describing violent incidents.`6 Family practitioner committees have recently started to gather information on the subject. The Health and Safety Commission has described some of the common factors in assaults against employees.4 These inc...

Background The World Health Organization (WHO) aims to promote strategies that ensure efficacy, safety, suitability, and cost effectiveness of medicine prescription. Health systems should design effective mechanisms to monitor prescription and rational use of medicines at all healthcare settings. This study aimed to determine and analyze prescription patterns of general practitioners and specia...

Thirty eight specialists in one district health authority were asked to take part in a questionnaire survey to assess the appropriateness of referral and the quality of the referral letter for 20 consecutive new patients each. A total of 705 new patient referrals to 13 specialties were included in the study. Twelve of the 38 specialists were randomly selected and their 234 new patient referral ...

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