The use of hyaluronic acid fillers in patients with autoimmune endocrinopathies; in particular, women with Hashimoto’s disease – hints for aesthetic doctors by Katarzyna Bornikowska, Paweł Kubik, Wojciech Zgliczyński

“…The increase of the incidence of autoimmune diseases and, at the same time, a significant surge in the number of regenerative/anti-aging medicine treatments carried out, raises the need to systematise the current knowledge on the safety of the use of hyaluronic acid fillers in patients with autoimmune diseases and to frame management guidelines for aesthetic doctors. …”
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Surgical Practice in Resource‐Limited Settings: Perspectives of Medical Students and Early Career Doctors: A Narrative Review by BillSmith Anyinkeng Achanga, Christian Wabene Bisimwa, Victor Oluwafemi Femi‐Lawal, Nnoko Sona Akwo, Tohson Falake Toh

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The parent-doctor-child triangle: a structural equation modeling-based study in pediatric outpatient clinics in Indonesia by Areta Idarto, Ferdi Antonio

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The child and adolescent patient’s profiles and usefulness of instant collaborative video consultations of tele-psychiatrists with primary care doctors by Rajendra K Madegowda, P Lakshmi Nirisha, Gajanan Ganapati Sabhahit, Narayana Manjunatha, Channavaeerachari Naveen Kumar, Suresh Bada Math

“…Background: The Tele-Medicine Center at the National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bengaluru, organized module-based capacity-building training courses for in-service primary care doctors (PCDs) with MBBS degree. …”
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Comment la téléconsultation médicale « en autonomie » infléchit-elle les rapports de pouvoir dans la relation médecin-patient ? by Cécilia Calheiros

“…Since the second half of the 20th century, the French healthcare system has undergone a series of changes (such as budgetary policy, the questioning of medical authority, increasing patient autonomy, etc.) which have notably resulted in altering the framework of the practice of medicine and the doctor-patient relationship. The massive use of teleconsultation since 2020 raises questions about the impact of putting the body at a distance and how it modifies the doctor-patient relationship by reconfiguring information asymmetries and by producing a context of increased "coerced" trust in the patient's word. …”
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The importance of doctor-patient and nurse-patient communication in clinical nursing practice (医患沟通在临床护理中的重要性探讨) by HU Fang (胡芳)

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Application of Semistructured Interview Based on Doctor-Patient Perspective in Constructing a Palliative Care Regimen for Patients with Advanced Heart Failure by Ting Zhou, HaiQin Cai, ChunHui Xu

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Work-related stress and its associated factors among primary care doctors in Malaysia during the COVID-19 pandemic by Muhammad Shah Shahrudin, Nik Munirah Nik-Nasir, Mohamed-Syarif Mohamed-Yassin

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Medical leadership, a systematic narrative review: do hospitals and healthcare organisations perform better when led by doctors? by Jeffrey Braithwaite, Kristiana Ludlow, Robyn Clay-Williams, Luke Testa, Zhicheng Li

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Vocational and psychosocial predictors of medical negligence claims among Australian doctors: a prospective cohort analysis of the MABEL survey by Anthony Scott, Marie Bismark, Owen M Bradfield, Matthew Spittal

“…Objective To understand the association between medical negligence claims and doctors’ sex, age, specialty, working hours, work location, personality, social supports, family circumstances, self-rated health, self-rated life satisfaction and presence of recent injury or illness.Design and setting Prospective cohort study of Australian doctors.Participants 12 134 doctors who completed the Medicine in Australia: Balancing Employment and Life survey between 2013 and 2019.Primary outcome measure Doctors named as a defendant in a medical negligence claim in the preceding 12 months.Results 649 (5.35%) doctors reported being named in a medical negligence claim during the study period. …”
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Data Collecting and Research of Folk Medicine in Estonia During the Soviet Era by Ave Tupits

“…The article is an abridged version of a chapter in an upcoming doctoral dissertation analysing the collecting and research of folk medicine in Estonia in the 20th century.…”
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Clinical Practice Guidelines of Chinese Medicine Rehabilitation for Ischemic Stroke （Cerebral Infarction）Working Group of Clinical Practice Guidelines of Chinese Medicine Rehabilit... by Working Group of Clinical Practice Guidelines of Chinese Medicine Rehabilitation for Ischemic Stroke (Cerebral Infarction)

“…This guideline standardizes the diagnosis and rehabilitation treatment of cerebral infarction in terms of scope, terminology, diagnosis of TCM and western medicine, rehabilitation assessment, TCM rehabilitation treatment and nursing, in order to provide guidance and reference for clinicians or rehabilitation doctors in diagnosis and treatment. ① Diagnosis: it is divided into TCM diagnosis and western medicine diagnosis, TCM diagnosis includes disease differentiation and syndrome differentiation (meridian involved style and viscera involved style), and western medicine diagnosis includes diagnosis basis, clinical stage and quantitative classification of clinical condition. ② Rehabilitation assessment: it mainly includes the assessment of neurological impairment, motor function, balance function, speech function, swallowing function, cognitive function, psychological assessment and quality of life. ③ Rehabilitation treatment of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM): it mainly stipulates the diagnosis and treatment technologies of traditional Chinese medicine treatment, acupuncture therapy, massage therapy, traditional functional methods, rehabilitation treatment and nursing in the ultra early stage, acute stage, recovery stage and sequelae stage of cerebral infarction. …”
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Prevalence and correlates of burn-out among Nigerian medical doctors during the COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional study by Ruth Eshikotse Pius, Janet Ngozi Ajuluchukwu, Alero Ann Roberts

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Medical taking-decisions in the health primary assistance context. Transcendence of a problem from a general comprehensive doctor´s perspective. by Luis Alberto Corona Martínez

“…This article is aimed at deepening on the consequences of the deficient development of abilities in decision making in the speciality of medicine, analysed from the prospective of the Comprehensive General Doctor . …”
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Burnout Syndrome in Specialists of the Internal Medicine Service of the Arnaldo Milian Castro Hospital by Yeniver Roque Dapresa, Benita Mabel Beltrán González, Orestes González Capdevila, Elaine Teresa Gutiérrez Pérez, Tatiana Chiong Pozo, Yasel Pérez Pupo

“…Methods: a descriptive, cross-sectional study was carried out in the period from July 2022 to January 2023; From a population of 26 doctors, 23 were selected by non-probabilistic and intentional sampling, 12 Specialists in Internal Medicine, six in Endocrinology and five in Rheumatology. …”
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Patterns Exploration on Patterns of Empirical Herbal Formula of Chinese Medicine by Association Rules by Li Huang, Jiamin Yuan, Zhimin Yang, Fuping Xu, Chunhua Huang

“…In this study, we use association rules to explore the latent rules and patterns of prescribing and adjusting the ingredients of herbal decoctions based on empirical herbal formula of Chinese Medicine (CM). Materials and Methods. The consideration and development of CM prescriptions based on the knowledge of CM doctors are analyzed. …”
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Appropriateness in Dentistry: A Survey Discovers Improper Procedures in Oral Medicine and Surgery by Giacomo Oteri, Vera Panzarella, Antonia Marcianò, Olga Di Fede, Laura Maniscalco, Matteo Peditto, Giuseppina Campisi

“…The survey respondents included Doctors of Medicine (MD) (54/198 = 27%) with or without specialty in dentistry (33% versus 67%), Doctors of Dental Surgery (DDS) (144/198 = 73%), DDS with specialty in orthodontics (7%), and DDS with specialty in oral surgery (4%). …”
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Assessment of Knowledge and Practices of Standard Precaution against Blood Borne Pathogens among Doctors and Nurses at Adult Emergency Room in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia by Yohanis Asmr, Lemlem Beza, Hywot Engida, Tariku Bekelcho, Netsanet Tsegaye, Yibeltal Aschale

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Visual hermeneutics as a tool to introduce empathy and core physician attributes in doctor-patient relationship for first-year medical undergraduate students by Sushma Prabhath, Uma Kulkarni, Vani Lakshmi R., Bikash Patra, Eshwari K., Divya Arvind Prabhu, Kirtana R. Nayak

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Doctors taking bribes from pharmaceutical companies is common and not substantially reduced by an educational intervention: a pragmatic randomised controlled trial in Pakistan by Afifah Rahman-Shepherd, Johanna Hanefeld, Mishal Khan, Charles Opondo, Sameen Siddiqi, Virginia Wiseman, Iqbal Azam, Wafa Aftab, Sadia Shakoor, Amna Rehana Siddiqui, Rumina Hasan, Zafar Mirza, Muhammad Naveed Noor, Sabeen Sharif Khan, Nina van der Mark, Afshan Khurshid Isani, Ahson Q Siddiqi, Faisal Ziauddin, Faiza Bhutto, Natasha Ali, Robyna Irshad Khan, Syed Ahmed Raza Kazmi, Zainab Hasan

“…No participants detected the covert data collectors. 52 control group doctors (41.9%) agreed to accept incentives as compared with 42 intervention group doctors (32.3%). …”
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