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M E Hunter

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PubMed1992

The use of hypnosis in a family practice setting.

For the Family Physician/General Practitioner, there are many locales in which hypnosis is a valuable adjunct to treatment. In this chapter the author describes some of the opportunities for using hypnosis according to the site of practice, rather than in the usual pattern of describing its use in each physiological system (e.g. digestive system, reproductive system) or division of medicine (pediatrics, gynecology etc.) The areas chosen are: the office examining room, the counselling or consulting room, the emergency room, the Intensive Care and Coronary Care Units, the case room, the operating room, the home visit, at the scene of an accident, and in the palliative care unit.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1977

What do family physicians see in practice?

Health care problems dealt with in their practices were recorded by seven family physicians over a period of 1 year (two others recorded for 3 months), each diagnosis being coded according to the Canuck Disease Classification Index. Problems were classified into four types: physical, psychosocial, diseases of choice (or lifestyle) and diseases of social impact. More than 85% of the 23 108 problems recorded were physical in origin and had physical manifestations. More time was spent on routine checkups and treatment of respiratory disease than on any other activity. Venereal disease and alcoholism were infrequent problems. The family physician is in a favourable position to act as health educator and counsellor and must be throughly trained in the physical aspects of disease.

British Columbia↗
PubMed1974

Applications for abortion at a community hospital.

Applications for therapeutic abortion over a 44-week period in a 647-bed community hospital are reviewed with reference to age, marital status, gestational age, parity, contraceptive use and reasons for application for abortion.The largest age group consisted of those 20 to 29 years old; it accounted for more than twice as many applicants as any other decade. Fifty-four percent were single; married women or those living in stable common-law relationships accounted for 31.7%. Gestational age at application was 8 weeks or less in 68.3%. Those presenting late (i.e. after 14 weeks) were mostly in the younger age groups. No contraceptive measures were being employed at the time of conception by 69.7%. Less than one sixth of the patients were applying because of severely adverse social, psychological or medical reasons.

Abortion, Therapeutic↗