The Permanente Journal/ Fall 2001/ Volume 5 No. 4 Abstract Context: Use of hypnosis in medical practice has long been controversial, but recent developments in medical hypnosis—in particular, the understanding that the power of hypnosis resides mainly in the patient—have profound implications for treatment. Objective: To illustrate and explain the therapeutically useful application of hypnosis ...

BACKGROUND Financial incentives and audit plus feedback on performance are two strategies commonly used by governments to motivate general practitioners (GP) to undertake specific healthcare activities. However, in recent years, governments have reduced or removed incentive payments without evidence of the potential impact on GP behaviour and patient outcomes. This trial (known as ACCEPt-able) ...

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due to the high penetration of wind farms in the networks, they can have a significant role in the control of power systems. in this paper, wind farms (wfs) are used to improve the static security margins of the power system. generation rescheduling is one of the remedies to improve the static security margins of the power system. in this paper, the generation rescheduling is presented based on...

Women who have inherited mutations in the BRCA1 or BRCA2 (BRCA1/2) genes have a substantially elevated risk of developing breast and ovarian cancer. For more than 10 years, researchers have studied whether preventive surgery (to remove breasts, ovaries, and/or fallopian tubes) can reduce the cancer and mortality risk in BRCA1/2 mutation carriers. This Issue Brief summarizes the results of the l...

Clinical epidemiology, the what, was introduced by John Paul in 1938, as a new basic science for preventive medicine. Its definition subsequently took on a more bedside tone, but continues to be adapted to the needs of its practitioners. Clinical epidemiology, the who, centers on Alvan Feinstein and the way that he led the field and nurtured so many of its practitioners. Clinical epidemiology, ...

Adequate health care represents an issue that has always troubled rural America. From the earliest days of this country, affordable and quality health care has often been harder to find for those who those to live on the farm or in a small town or any place off the beaten path than it has for residents in urban areas. The State of Mississippi has undertaken an intensive program to widen access ...