Hippocrates, the father of medical ethics, counselled physicians in 400BC not to divulge what they "see or hear, in the life of men, which ought not to be spoken of abroad … as reckoning that all such should be kept secret".
Teaching nurses, counselling physicians, and providing feedback on the quality of inhalation technique effectively reduced problems in salbutamol treatment.
Participants in these three groups received individual counselling from physicians or the counselling sessions.
Of those who did not undergo the test, 19.5% were eligible, but the main reasons were lack of proper counsel by physicians and also that they felt healthy.
The use of claims data beyond this purpose, e.g. for research, or to counsel SHI physicians is in accordance to § 300 of the German Social Security Code V (SGB V).
Consistent to the findings of the study by Cheng et.al. [ 21], our findings indicate that patients who are satisfied with counseling services were more likely to recommend other tobacco users to get counseled by physicians.
With regard to the medical system, help-seeking adolescent and young adult cannabis users seemed to be rather reluctant to get counselling by physicians and psychotherapists.
By counselling the physicians, we reduced the number of patients with problems from 55% to 43% (control [i] vs. first intervention [ii], n.s).s
Pregnant women are offered seven to nine visits from the first trimester to childbirth, additional counselling by physicians if required, and a follow-up visit 6-12 weeks post partum [ 26].
When counselling parents, physicians should acknowledge the mothers' caring role and emotional state and provide clear and specific advice that helps the parent to better control the situation at home.
