'Family time-out' also occurred in the presence of the physician.
'Family time-out' allows the participants to confirm their agreement with treatment recommendations or demonstrate decisional conflict, which when observed by the physician provides an opportunity for intervention, clarification and further discussion as necessary.
'Family time-out' interactions were observed that may take place in the absence or the presence of the physician and it is suggested that physicians need to recognise this pattern of communication and the potential advantages it may bring to the consultation.
Also, we recommend further study into the medical ethics of family time-out.
We recommend testing the value of making space for family time-out during consultations.
The family time-out ended with the return of the doctor.
A family time-out was smoothly inserted into the consultation when the patient used this occasion to ask her daughter whether she was all right with 'all this' (turn 04).
Mr. Boehner, fresh off a long week of raising money for other candidates and the Republican National Committee, flew into Iowa last Sunday, where his wife, Debbie, joined him for a weekend of family time, dinners out and golfing with Mr. Latham and his wife, Kathy.
For Abraham Badu-Tawiah, one of the major challenges of starting his assistant professorship at The Ohio State University, Columbus, has been carving out family time with his wife and two young children while teaching graduate courses and getting his lab underway.
So while I was sacrificing hours of quality family time to type out charming opening lines on my phone without my wife noticing, I was also paying through the nose for it.
Married with four children, Elgin remained throughout his career aware of the "burden" on his wife and four children as he tried to fund his way around Australia and the world to compete, missing out on family time in the process and sometimes for a disappointing result.
