The number of doctors in the United Kingdom grew more quickly than in other European countries in the first five years of this century, but the ratio of doctors to the population still remains lower than in many of them. The ratio rose from two doctors per 1000 people in 2000-1 to 2.4...
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India plans to establish some 200 new medical colleges in the next 10 years to meet the projected huge shortage of 600,000 doctors. The projections are based on recommendations that have several caveats and therefore somewhat arbitrary1. As compared to their pre-independence levels, all health pa...
It is possible that doctors contribute to the problem when, as in rural India, the doctor earns a living by selling medications rather than by charging a consultation fee and writing a prescription; the incentive is to medicate irrespective of the diagnosis. In this article, doctor-patient ...
There is a demand for sex-selective abortions, and the business is very lucrative for the medical profession.3,4,6 Even when the doctors are prosecuted, few are convicted. The laws need to be imple- mented and the doctors held accountable.2,4,6,7,35,53 An important aspect is that ...
the supply of doctors in Hong Kong; how the doctor-to-population ratioinHong Kong compares to that in other advanced countries [...] legco.gov.hk legco.gov.hk 是否知悉,非本港居民使用本港的醫療服務對私家醫院醫生及專科醫生人手需求,以及公立醫院聘請和挽留專科醫 生的影響為何;現時私家醫院服務非...
Add vegetables to every meal; aim for at least 400 g a day. Use medications. If the non-pharmacological ways of treatment don't bring satisfactory results, don't hesitate to contact your doctor, who may propose drug therapies. There are numerous drugs that doctors can use to lower your ba...
Acknowledgements The authors would like to thank all patients who participated in this study and all doctors and medical staff (Department of Hematology, Xiangya Hospital) for recruitment of patients. Authors' contributions XQY and PC collected the clinical samples, genotyped, analyzed the data and ...
Populationaged7and above SexRatio(Femalesper1000males) India Rajasthan StudyonSexRatioassessment &AwarenessonPCPNDTAct Conductedby: SIHFW,Jaipur •DistrictSelectioncriteria:SexRatio(2001) •Best&Worst •SriGanganagar(-42) •Jhunjhujunu(-33) •Alwar(-26) •Pali(+31) •Jaisalmer(+16) ...
Doll R, Hill AB (1954) The mortality of doctors in relation to their smoking habits. BMJ 1(4877):1451 Article CAS Google Scholar Terry LL (1964) Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare; 1964. Smoking and Health: Report of the Advisory Committee to the Surgeo...