One of the problems of consultation-liaison psychiatry is the absence of request of the patient.
Apart from one paper by Stirling et al [ 9], on accuracy of psychological diagnosis, there were no studies found that explored association between outcome measurements or management options of psychological problems and length of consultation.
We do not know whether the association between identified problem and process of consultation was attributable to the consulting style of the GP or whether the patient's agenda elicited an adequate response from the GP.
(Family Medicine Specialist, government health clinic)" To overcome the problem of short consultation time and fast turnover of doctors in the government clinics, policy makers advocated the empowerment of paramedical staff to counsel patients with diabetes who needed insulin.
"The main problem was lack of consultation," said Saepul Tavip, secretary general of the Association of Indonesian Trade Unions, which organized protests at the bank.
MPs are unlikely to hold their first debate on legislation authorising HS2 for another two months because of problems with the consultation process.
The aim of this study was to analyse GPs' use of decision making strategies (immediate or gradual), in relation to problem characteristics (somatic and/or psychosocial problem) and the process of consultation (weight given to symptoms and/or person).
There were a number of possible confounding factors that may have resulted in changes to the number of recorded diagnoses of psychological problems between longer consultations and "average" consultations.
This investigation advances the use of multilevel and integrative data analyses to evaluate consultation outcomes and extends research on problem-solving consultation, consultant effects, and meta-analysis of case study AB designs.
The inclusion criteria were set in accordance with the results of representative data on Slovenian GPs' performance [ 19], which reported that the majority (65.9%) of patients are subjected to a physical examination and have an average of 1.57 ± 0.87 health problems per consultation.
I mean, I get stressed when a patient comes to me because he's losing weight and has a lymph node problem,...and then you go and ask him if he drinks...in other words,...I don't know... other things worry me more than the macro data... ........M2D2 References to the social context in GPs' discourses located the problem beyond the scope of consultation.
