As a doctor on the frontline, I’m witnessing first-hand the effects of just what COVID-19 is doing to our collective health. Thankfully as a general practitioner in Australia, my experience is different to those in a hospital in London or New York. I’m seeing the distress in my comm...
Edward Francis Small Teaching HospitalPurpose Deinstitutionalization of persons living with mental illness has led to many patients residing in communities with family members and shifting the burden of care and caregiving from hospitals to homes. The aim of the study was to determine the burden on ...
We went one day to the Hospital of San Lazaro. I have mentioned the word “_lepero_” as applied to the poor and idle class of half-caste Mexicans. It is only a term of reproach, exactly corresponding to the “_lazzarone_” of Naples, who resembles the Mexican lepers in his social...
Why choose a family doctor? Healthcare can be received from many different providers like a hospital or an urgent care facility. In his family practice, Dr. Reed Ward serves as a primary care physician. A family physician gets to know health history which helps them understand patients as com...