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Medical assistants’ comic styles and their potential for positive functioning at work: a cross-sectional study including a subgroup analysis
BackgroundMedical assistants are essential for the healthcare system. However, they face several working demands every day, for which they need...
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Empfundener Nutzen der Einbindung von Physician Assistants in die chirurgische Prozessqualität und Weiterbildung in Deutschland
BackgroundCompared to Anglo-American countries, physician assistants (PA) remain an underrepresented professional group within the German healthcare...
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Village doctors: a national telephone survey of Bangladesh’s lay medical practitioners
BackgroundBangladesh outperforms its Least Developed Country (LDC) status on a range of health measures including life expectancy. Its frontline...
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“I Would Consult a Doctor, But What the Rabbi Says Goes”: Ultra-Orthodox Jews’ Relationships with Rabbis and Doctors in Israel
We examine relationships among ultra-Orthodox Israeli Jews, their doctors, and rabbis when medical decisions are made. Analyzing excerpts from...
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Effects of communication style, anthropomorphic setting and individual differences on older adults using voice assistants in a health context
BackgroundVoice assistants enable older adults to communicate regarding their health as well as facilitate ageing in place. This study investigated...
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Psychosocial working conditions and mental health among medical assistants in Germany: a sco** review
BackgroundMedical assistants (MA) constitute one of the largest professions in outpatient health care in Germany. The psychosocial working conditions...
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Prevalence and pattern of migration intention of doctors undergoing training programmes in public tertiary hospitals in Ekiti State, Nigeria
BackgroundEmigration of Nigerian doctors, including those undergoing training, to the developed countries in Europe and Americas has reached an...
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Hospital doctors’ attire during COVID-19 and beyond: time for a permanent change
BackgroundThe debate on current doctors’ attire in Irish hospital resurfaced alongside COVID-19, as a shift in doctors’ attire from professional...
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The burden of anxiety, depression, and stress, along with the prevalence of symptoms of PTSD, and perceptions of the drivers of psychological harms, as perceived by doctors and nurses working in ICUs in Nepal during the COVID-19 pandemic; a mixed method evaluation
BackgroundThe COVID-19 pandemic resulted in significant physical and psychological impacts for survivors, and for the healthcare professionals caring...
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Counseling parents about child feeding: a qualitative evaluation of French doctors and health/childcare professionals’ experiences and perception of a brochure containing new recommendations
BackgroundParents are crucial in establishing their children’s eating habits, and doctors and health/childcare professionals (HCCPs) can provide...
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Physically active primary care doctors are more likely to offer exercise counselling to patients with cardiovascular diseases: a cross-sectional study
BackgroundRegular physical activity had been shown to reduce morbidity and mortality from chronic diseases such as cardiovascular diseases,...
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Workload assessment of medical doctors at primary health care centers in the Duhok governorate
BackgroundA shortage in human resources, particularly physicians, has become a challenge confronting health authorities in the Duhok governorate, as...
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Hospitalization, death, and probable reinfection in Peruvian healthcare workers infected with SARS-CoV-2: a national retrospective cohort study
BackgroundPeru has some of the worst outcomes worldwide as a result of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic; it is presumed that this has also affected healthcare...
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Family doctors’ attitudes toward peer support programs for type 2 diabetes and/or coronary artery disease: an exploratory survey among German practitioners
BackgroundType 2 diabetes (T2D) and coronary artery disease (CAD) are chronic illnesses where adherence to a healthy lifestyle is crucial. If...
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Outcomes of voluntary medical male circumcision performed by medical doctors and non-doctor health workers in central Uganda
BackgroundVoluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) reduces the risk of HIV transmission. Task shifting of VMMCs to non-doctor health workers is...
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The influence of personality, alexithymia and work engagement on burnout among village doctors in China: a cross-sectional study
BackgroundIn China, as the “gatekeepers”of rural residents’ health, the primary-level village doctors, play a very crucial role in ensuring and...
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Influenza vaccination during pregnancy and influencing factors in Korea: A multicenter questionnaire study of pregnant women and obstetrics and gynecology doctors
BackgroundAlthough the World Health Organization and health authorities in most countries recommend that pregnant women receive inactivated influenza...
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Can social capital play a role in contracting services of family doctors in China? Reflections based on an integrative review
BackgroundThe family doctors’ contract service problem is not about government management alone, but an interaction of a complex social environment....
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Patient views of the good doctor in primary care: a qualitative study in six provinces in China
BackgroundChina has been striving to train primary care doctors capable of delivering high-quality service through general practitioner training...
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Sha** Future Doctors’ Minds: Effects of Biological and Social Models on Medical Students’ Views on Depression
ObjectiveThe aim of this study was to explore how changes in biologically based narratives versus socially focused ones affect medical students’...