{"title":"Survey of services to patients in general practice.","authors":"N Bradley, R Gude","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Family doctors vary in the range of services they provide for their patients. Of 267 practices in Devon and Cornwall, 245 responded to a questionnaire sent in September 1989 asking for information about services to patients. Most doctors consulted at six to eight patients per hour, whether or not an appointment system operated. About two-thirds of patients had access to a female GP. Nine out of ten practices employed a practice nurse. Almost all offered a surgery on Saturday mornings. Most surgeries took the phone over at 8.30 a.m. in the week and started consulting at 9 a.m. Almost half were consulting until 6.30 p.m. or later on at least one day per week. 80% of practices were offering a non-urgent appointment on the same or next day. All practices offered childhood immunisation. 80% offered some form of personal list system. 80% offered minor operations, one-third manipulations, 10% homeopathy, 6% hypnosis and 5% acupuncture.</p>","PeriodicalId":77462,"journal":{"name":"West of England medical journal","volume":"107 1","pages":"10-3"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1992-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5114908/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"12654883","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"An audit of the use of barium meal examinations in general practice.","authors":"J E Baldwin","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":77462,"journal":{"name":"West of England medical journal","volume":"107 1","pages":"13-4"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1992-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5114924/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"12654884","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"What's New from the British Journal of Surgery.","authors":"J R Farndon","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":77462,"journal":{"name":"West of England medical journal","volume":" ","pages":"5-7"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1992-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5114907/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"35404161","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Radiology of Trauma","authors":"R. Laitt","doi":"10.1148/128.3.845b","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1148/128.3.845b","url":null,"abstract":"The paramount role of radiology in the management of trauma has expanded with the development of new imaging modalities. A new text on the radiology of trauma is therefore welcome. Professor Sciafani has produced such a book, a glossy publication of 150 pages divided into two sections, skeletal and non-skeletal, trauma, that is well indexed and easy to use. The first section concerns the plain radiographic assessment of fractures with six chapters each concerned with a particular region of the body. There are anatomical drawings at the beginning of each chapter but these would be of more value accompanied by corresponding radiographs. The majority of common fractures are demonstrated and the use of CT in further evaluation, particularly of spinal and pelvic trauma, is emphasised. Unfortunately, the standard of reproduction of the many figures is poor and accompanying line drawings add little. A chapter of normal variants that simulate fractures, a minefield for junior radiologists and casualty officers, would have been of value. The second section on non-skeletal trauma is of greater interest. There are five chapters including useful but brief accounts of chest, abdominal and urinary tract injury. The value of CT is again made clear but the use of ultrasound is underplayed, particularly in the assessment of abdominal trauma. It is unclear as to which audience this book is aimed. It is too brief to be of value to radiology trainees but may be useful in a busy casualty department.","PeriodicalId":77462,"journal":{"name":"West of England medical journal","volume":"107 1","pages":"24 - 24"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1992-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"64006123","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Junior Doctors' Hours.","authors":"M D Read","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":77462,"journal":{"name":"West of England medical journal","volume":" ","pages":"17"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1992-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5114905/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"35404160","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Ethics in transplantation. Based on a lecture to the Bristol Division of the B.M.A. 11th December 1991.","authors":"R M Taylor","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":77462,"journal":{"name":"West of England medical journal","volume":"107 1","pages":"8-9"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1992-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5114918/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"12654886","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Place for Paediatricians: Based on the \"Victor Neale Memorial Lecture\" Given at the Meeting of the S.W. Paediatric Club, April 1991.","authors":"Thomas E Oppé","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Professor Victor Neale was a leading paediatrician and respected teacher at a time when the specialty was growing rapidly and employing new professional skills, knowledge and attitudes. The benefits of these developments might be more fully realized by the establishment of a college of Paediatricians. But the consequential loss of affinity with the general medicine of adults and the Royal Colleges of Physicians could weaken the power of the medical profession to maintain the highest standards of medical practice.</p>","PeriodicalId":77462,"journal":{"name":"West of England medical journal","volume":" ","pages":"26-27"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1992-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5114921/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"35404165","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Effect of the Cornwall helicopter ambulance on ambulance service response time.","authors":"M W Cooke, K M Porter","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":77462,"journal":{"name":"West of England medical journal","volume":"107 1","pages":"16"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1992-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5114906/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"12654885","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"After the Operation.","authors":"M D Read","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":77462,"journal":{"name":"West of England medical journal","volume":" ","pages":"17-18"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1992-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5114909/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"35404162","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Editorial.","authors":"Paul Goddard","doi":"10.1007/BF01146452","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01146452","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":77462,"journal":{"name":"West of England medical journal","volume":" ","pages":"3"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1992-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1007/BF01146452","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"35404163","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}