Specialist information, patient details (name, date of birth, gender, address and telephone number), name of referring practitioner, referring practitioner contact details, date of presentation of oral problem and referral to specialist date will be collected initially.
The names of practitioners were not included in the data collection instrument for ethical reasons.
As every Christian Scientist, and every practitioner of Christian Science knows, to mention the name of a practitioner who is absent to a patient receiving treatment, as a suggestion is malpractice and wholly at variance with all my teachings.
This form contains identification of the RSCCA, name of the medical practitioner, name of the patient, phone number, birthdate, moment when patient can be called (days, hours).
For that reason we will also ask the telephone number of the participant and the name of het general practitioner.
It includes information on disease management (for example, name of the family practitioner, drugs taken, telephone number of the relatives) and provides counselling in legible and understandable form for cognitively impaired subjects.
For women who gave birth at home, the name of the healthcare practitioner who attended the birth was searched in order to confirm their training and aptitude to attend during childbirth.
If the new address or the name of the new general practitioner remained unknown, or if the general practitioner did not agree with participation, cases were excluded (n=20).
For example, credit was given in either case if the label recommended consulting a "healthcare professional" or named a specific type of practitioner (e.g. physician, pharmacist, etc).
If they had moved away or if the letter was returned undeliverable, the general practitioners were requested to provide, if applicable, a (new) address or the name of the new general practitioner.
According to the pharmacopoeia of India, Convolvulus pluricaulis (Convolvulaceae) as a whole plant rightfully claim the name of Shankapushpi but, Ayurvedic practitioners have used three other medicinal herbs such as Evolvulus alsinoides Linn.
