Medically, it's a process used to prioritize who needs emergency medical attention first, whether injured or sick people or disaster survivors. Patients are triaged or prioritized according to their ...

However, providing such care remains a challenge in many countries, including Canada. Patients’ expertise, if acknowledged and adequately translated, could help foster patient-centred care. This study ...

Support for emotional issues helps a patient retain their sense of self, rather than just be seen as a cancer sufferer. And this is why the Daily Express's Cancer Care campaign is so important.

Save for the infamous mid-20th-century lobotomy craze ... out that pathological apathy also occurs in at least a third of patients with Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease and vascular ...

Earlier this month, a newer patient came in to see me for a check-up and discussion about her extremely high cholesterol level. In her late 50s with a family history of early-age heart attack ...

For the first time outside of pregnancy, I — an emergency doctor — experienced what it feels like to be a patient. It was not, to put it mildly, a pleasant experience. I sought treatment when I was ...

A South Australian GP has been suspended over an inappropriate relationship with a patient in her 80s. Hemant Kumar Vanmali had an intimate relationship with the woman whom he had treated for more ...

Noted cardiac surgeon K.M. Cherian has said that a doctor should consider every patient as a member of his/her family. He was answering queries about the best medical culture and work culture for ...

Most patients had feelings of marked depression ... Her subsequent progress was so unsatisfactory that lobotomy was considered, but this was not carried out. Instead, at our suggestion, a trial ...

A shortage of nursing home beds in New Brunswick is endangering the lives of hospital patients, warns the chair of Horizon Health Network's patient safety and quality improvement committee. Dr ...

The startup's chief regulatory officer Sanja Ilic organized a study in Croatia to test the filter's efficacy on cancer patients. It yielded promising preliminary results, with at least one patient ...

The amount of time spent in EMT class dedicated to the knowledge and skills needed to patient assessment clearly indicates the importance placed on the EMT having the ability to competently ...