While no one wants to bring back the days when weary generals kept throwing troops into the maw until either victory or terminal tendonitis benched them, the current practice of switching commanders every offensive is time-consuming -- what with warm-up time, consultations back in the Pentagon, and each new commander's review of the players on the field and in the line-up.
Some of his ideas could struggle to win favour with the party rank and file when they are put out for consultation, but he gained warm applause from many delegates.
A supportive consultation environment with a warm and caring physician, and a good patient-physician interaction is particularly important in chronic diseases like diabetes [ 2- 4].
They were rated as warmer and less hurried in their consultation style, and allowed the patient to have more input into the consultation.
Findings revealed that medical oncologists allowed patients and their families more input into the consultation and were rated as warmer and more patient-centred compared with radiation oncologists.
Reduced anxiety 1 week post-consultation was associated with a doctor who was more warm (t125=−2.2, P<0.05), and tended to be associated with a doctor who was more relaxed (t125=−1.9, P=0.062) and spoke longer about psychosocial issues (t136=−1.8, P=0.082).
But Chancellor George Osborne and other Conservative MPs are reported to be warming to the idea - with speculation that this is the reason the consultation has been postponed.
But over months of discussion and consultation, according to a senior aide to Mr. Spitzer, the governor and his staff warmed to the association, and found little to persuade them to choose alternatives proposed by the other bidders.
Patients seeing an oncologist who was rated as warmer and discussed a greater number of psychosocial issues had better psychological adjustment and reduced anxiety after consultation.
But there are reports Chancellor George Osborne and other Conservative MPs, are warming to the idea of a third Heathrow runway - with speculation that this is the reason the consultation has been postponed again.
