"They should recognise that there have been community consultations in which the majority have said that they don't want the mine.
Weight gains picked up by Mrs. Huntoon's monitors led to a series of phone consultations in which she reported unusual dizziness and breathing problems.
The hospital offers what it calls "cross professional consultations," in which a clergy member can meet with hospital staff members -- Dr. Milstein, Ms. Manierre and Dr. Virginia Susman, associate medical director -- to discuss congregants who are presenting challenges.
Out-of-town patients are the primary users of virtual consultations, in which a doctor may offer an opinion in a video chat, an e-mail exchange or a phone conversation.
Initially, audiotape transcripts of 26 consultations in which 10 medical oncologists invited patients to participate in clinical trials were analysed by expert ethicists, linguists, oncologists and psychologists, using rigorous qualitative methodology.
For each issue we calculated the percentage of consultations in which that issue was discussed.
Consultations in which GPs provided alternative options also received positive remarks by patient observers.
All recorded consultations in which the free text contained the truncated text words were also selected.
Observed percentage of consultations in which a GP made at least one utterance concerning this issue.
The outcome factor for analyses was trainees' consultations in which chronic disease was encountered.
Consultations in which a chaperone should have been offered and preference documented (n=161).
