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Madsadgirl: Beads, Beads, And More Beads
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Wednesday, 21 September 2011. Beads, Beads, And More Beads. I think that I now know why I have studiously avoided knitting a lace shawl that had beads as an additional form of decoration. It is bad enough trying to get the beads in the right place on the shawl without having to worry about how to get them off again when you discover an error several rows back that requires careful unpicking stitch by stitch to get to the spot where the mistake occurred. 28 November 2011 at 21:30. 10 February 2012 at 10:47.
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Pondering Practitioner: Abdominal anxieties
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Diary of a London GP. Thursday, 23 September 2010. A 22 year old woman came to see me with abdominal pain. The symptoms were vague and mild, but she was anxious and unhappy. She seemed slightly awkward, not quite knowing where to look and desperately wanting me to take her seriously. Right - so where on earth had this come from? Posted by Pondering Practitioner. Thursday, September 23, 2010. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). I'm a young, recently qualified GP and find myself continually fascinated (and...
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Chocolate is the new cheese | Ramblings on Fruit and Chocolate
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Ramblings on Fruit and Chocolate. 8230;and a ragbag of other notions that inhabit a witch’s brain. Chocolate is the new cheese. Leave a comment ». WHY POSH CHOCOLATE IS RECESSION PROOF. Written by Witch Doctor. April 13, 2009 at 4:23 am. Posted in Chocolate lovers. Laquo; Le Bain Marie. Chocolate is poison to dogs. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Enter your comment here. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:. Address never made public). Notify me of new comments via email. NHS The other side.
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Anxiety and the medical profession | A Better NHS
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Exploring the relationships between doctors and patients and health policy. What is a 7 day NHS and what will it cost? The hidden art of reassurance →. Anxiety and the medical profession. May 10, 2016. Keynote for the Everyday Ethical Dilemmas in Healthcare conference 2016. Today I want to show that we can be professional and human. Today I want to help make being anxious more acceptable. Nevertheless, I suspect that most of you will be reassured to know that most doctors worry about their patients. ...
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Simple Isn’t Easy – changing the way the NHS communicates with patients | A Better NHS
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Exploring the relationships between doctors and patients and health policy. What is a 7 day NHS and what will it cost? Simple Isn’t Easy – changing the way the NHS communicates with patients. January 14, 2016. This is a fantastic blog from David Gilbert – has made me very aware of how much better my own practice’s communications should be. I’ll post our new letters and guides to how we can make better use of GP appointments next. Future Patient - musings on patient-led healthcare. I recently got an almos...
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Shame and redemption | A Better NHS
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Exploring the relationships between doctors and patients and health policy. The hidden art of reassurance. Poverty medicine: General practice and vulnerable patients →. November 21, 2016. 8220;It was impossible to explain to the healthy the logic of the sick, and he didn’t have the energy to try”. Hanya Yanagihara, A Little Life. There is a complexity to things that people who weren’t fucked as a kid just cannot understand. James Rhodes, Instrumental. Caring for adults, who were sexually abused as childr...
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How to handle shame | A Better NHS
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Exploring the relationships between doctors and patients and health policy. 8220;Patient reassured”. How much do you cost the NHS? How to handle shame. October 15, 2014. 8220;I feel so ashamed”. Vivienne had just been told by Hannah, the young gynaecologist that she had pelvic inflammatory disease (PID), an inflammatory condition caused by sexually transmitted infections. We had been discussing an essay I had written about how shame. Presents in clinical encounters. 8220;Hi, I’m sorry you’re ...8220;I...
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Better continuity of care | A Better NHS
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Exploring the relationships between doctors and patients and health policy. First impressions →. Better continuity of care. October 1, 2015. We do not need any more research about the benefits of continuity of care. The evidence. Is associated with improved preventive and chronic care services, patient and clinician satisfaction, lower hospital utilization, lower costs, and for elderly patients, lower mortality. Shows how amazingly efficient continuity of care can be. Because getting to know a patient as...
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Empathy and shame. | A Better NHS
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Exploring the relationships between doctors and patients and health policy. Simple Isn’t Easy – changing the way the NHS communicates with patients →. December 24, 2015. 8211; discussed in detail in a blog last year, is frequently a feature when patients consult. How we respond to patients who are feeling, or at risk of feeling shame can make or break a therapeutic relationship. This is about how I try to respond. Situations where patients blame themselves for their perceived failure to take responsibili...
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Love, hate and commitment | A Better NHS
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Exploring the relationships between doctors and patients and health policy. Listening and measuring →. Love, hate and commitment. December 5, 2012. 8220;How do you feel about your patients, doctor Tomlinson? The impact can be profound, provoking feelings not just of frustration, confusion and exhaustion, but even hate. The 1978 paper, Taking Care of the Hateful Patient. Negative feelings about medical and surgical patients constitute important clinical data about the patient’s psychology. When ...And hea...
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