Much has been written about the philanthropist Elihu Yale and his life in the Americas and England, where he spent his beginnings and end. Less publicized is his life in India, where he spent the majority of his adult life and where he raised his family. A major contribution of Elihu Yale to medicine in India was his promotion of a local hospital in the major Indian trading port city of Madras....

OBJECTIVE To assess the prevalence of burnout in pediatricians of general hospitals. METHODS Non-randomized cross-sectional study carried out in the city of Buenos Aires, Argentina, in 2006. The study sample comprised 123 pediatricians working in pediatrics services of general hospitals, 89 women (72.4%) and 34 men (27.6%). Data were gathered through an anonymous, self-administered questionna...

The details of an external quality assessment scheme in histopathology based on district general hospitals in south west England are described. The scheme is supplementary to internal audit carried out in individual departments.

abstract   background: patients with addictions have many acute and chronic medical illnesses, both related and unrelated to their addictions. in spite of high incidence of substance-related disabilities, substance abuse is usually underdiagnosed in general hospitals. the objective of the present study was to investigate the frequency and pattern of substance use in patients with different medi...

experts have found that natural environment could have positive impacts on patient’s treatment process. the impact of natural environment on mental state and lowering the stress level of the patients is undeniable. in this study, the impacts of natural environment on patient women in tehran general hospitals were investigated. after conducting a topical study of the issue on hand, using field o...

OBJECTIVE An exploratory study to identify patterns of communication behaviour among hospital based healthcare workers. DESIGN Non-participatory, qualitative observational study. SETTING British district general hospital. SUBJECTS Eight doctors and two nurses. RESULTS Communication behaviours resulted in an interruptive workplace, which seemed to contribute to inefficiency in work pract...

OBJECTIVES To adapt the Patient-Practitioner Orientation Scale (PPOS), to a Chinese context, and explore the preference towards patient-centred communication among physicians and patients with the Chinese-revised Patient-Practitioner Orientation Scale (CR-PPOS). DESIGN A cross-sectional questionnaire-based study. SETTING Clinical settings from eight medical units, including four community h...

rnany as possible of the large mental hospitals within the next fifteen years, basing the future service on psychiatric units and community care. If psychiatric units in general hospitals are to be the basis of the service, it is vital that there should be a great deal thought and discussion before it is finally decided how they are to be organised. None of us want to keep the present huge and ...