“Please read articles associated with Evidence Based Practice. It entails “applying the best available research results (evidence) when making decisions about health care. Health care professionals who perform evidence-based practice use research evidence along with clinical expertise and patient preferences.” The weak link in this equation can be “clinical expertise.” Evidence based practice must …
“You should find the articles below of interest in understanding the emotional response to amputation and the gender differences in psychological reactions to loss of body part. When I was a kid, I had a barber named “Johnny,” and he owned a barbershop that was creatively named: “Johnny’s Barber Shop.” Johnny was doing quite …
“It is more difficult for well-educated middle class people who come from intact families to identify with patients who have had to struggle to survive. So the first question I ask patients is whether they come from an intact family, and if not, what events conspired to result in their not being reared by biological …
Purpose Soon after asking why something has occurred, the most common follow-up thought is “what purpose does this serve…why do I deserve to suffer…who caused this…and if it was caused by me…what am I supposed to learn from this terrible event. Humans do not cope well with the concept of random events. If we cannot …
“Pain Behavior Research” “The self-perception of illness and disability is more correlated with unhealthy coping strategies and depression than it is with the actual physical damage. This is why we see such a range in pain behaviors among our patients. When we can rule-out malingering, we are left with an awareness that we cannot understand …
Everyone is, or should be, concerned about inappropriate claims. They are, today, a major aspects of problems not just in …
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There an obvious difference in response to injury…say between someone who hunts, fishes, works on cars and is generally …
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Why would someone complete high school and college, and go through a series of hurdles to eventually establish a profession …
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