CONTEXT Despite increased emphasis on primary care in the United States, most care continues to be provided by specialists. The extent to which specialists incorporate elements of primary care in their approach to ambulatory patients is unknown. OBJECTIVES To examine the extent to which selected medical and surgical subspecialties provide generalist care to Medicare patients, and to compare p...

CONTEXT Hospitals in rural communities may seek to increase specialty care access by establishing clinics staffed by visiting specialists. PURPOSE To examine the visiting specialist care delivery model in Massachusetts, including reasons specialists develop secondary rural practices and distances they travel, as well as their degree of satisfaction and intention to continue the visiting arran...

BACKGROUND Although medical specialists traditionally hold negative views towards working part-time, the practice of medicine has evolved. Given the trend towards more part-time work and that there is no evidence that it compromises the quality of care, attitudes towards part-time work may have changed as well in recent years. The aim of this paper was to examine the possible changes in attitud...

introduction: periradicular surgery is an appropriate treatment method for dental periradicular impairments. the present study was carried out to analyze the knowledge of general dentists and dental specialists about periradicular surgery. methods: this descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted on 93 general dentists and 7 dental specialists (endodontists and oral and maxillofacial surgeo...

Functional diagnostic imaging has been applied in neuropsychology for more than two decades. Nowadays, the functional magnetic resonance (fMRI) seems to be the most important technique. Brain imaging in lying has been performed and discussed since 2001. There are postulates to use fMRI for forensic purposes, as well as commercially, e.g. testing the loyalty of employees, especially because of t...

There is no shortage of innovation in eLearning. Committed educators globally are developing individual courses to meet the needs of students and particular subject matter. However, the more challenging task is to sustain, maintain and spread these innovative ways of teaching across whole programmes, entire schools, and the large institutions that characterise higher learning. This paper shares...

The physicists working in several areas of research know quite well the name of Ettore Majorana, since it is currently associated to fundamental concepts like Majorana neutrinos in particle physics and cosmology or Majorana fermions in condensed matter physics. But, probably, very few is known about other substantial contributions of that ingenious scholar, and even less about his personal back...

Over the past 40 years, the number of female dentists has consistently increased. In this study, we intend to gain insight into the issues and concerns that influence the work characteristics of female dentists. Many studies have shown that gender differences exist in choice of specialization, practice patterns, and professional attitudes. We used a qualitative description methodology to guide ...