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Title: Speech delivered by H.E. Prof. Guido De Marco, President of Malta, at the opening of the 6th Mediterranean Medical Conference at Mdina, 7th September 2000 Abstract: Ladies and Gentlemen, Medicine, much like religion, has always had a magical mystique about it. The medical practitioner, like religious practitioner provides a bridge and helps the laymen to rationlize the unknown and reduce it into known terms. The patient, often sick and in pain, seeks the advice of the one person, the doctor, who can deliver him from the misery of suffering . In the vast majority of cases it is family doctors such as you gathered here today, whom patients first consult about their symptoms. It is at this point that the family doctors face a mayor challenge - that of communication. In this era of globalization, communication may take on several forms: Internet, interactive television, radio .. , but in dealing with clients, the family doctor has to rely on that most basic form of communication words. Talking to a patient, taking time out of a busy schedule is part of a process which the medical profession cannot with impunity, ignore.

2000-12-01T00:00:00Z Soler, Jean Karl https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/22030 2017-09-28T01:30:36Z 2000-12-01T00:00:00Z

Title: CD ROMs for family doctors Authors: Soler, Jean Karl Abstract: These days more and more Maltese Family Doctors are using information technology in their practices. Electronic medical records offer many advantages over paper-based systems, including fast and efficient data retrieval and professional presentation of patient data as problem lists and medication lists. This has been the experience of many colleagues who chose to use the program Transhis for their clinical records, and this has the added advantage that data is classified with ICPC and can be used for research purposes. More details were given in the article about the project published in the June issue of the Journal.

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Title: Malta College of Family Doctors : hon. secretary's report of College activities 1999-2000 Abstract: In the first Council meeting after the AGM of 29/4/99, Or F P Calleja was welcomed to the College Council. Or W Galea was proposed, and accepted, to return as International Secretary instead of Or Busuttil. Nineteen meetings were held since the last AGM of 29/4/99. Eleven of these meetings (1 st May, 9th June, 30th June, 5th July, 14th July, 27th July, 4th August, 23rd September, 21 st October 1999, 3rd January 2000, 29th February 2000) were devoted to the 6th Mediterranean Medical Congress.

2000-12-01T00:00:00Z Kitai, Eliezer Vinker, S. Sandiuk, A. Zeltzer, Z. Gaver, A. Herz, M. https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/22015 2019-11-01T08:45:16Z 2000-12-01T00:00:00Z

Title: Utilization of complimentary and alternative medicine in primary care : what are the relations between it and conventional medicine? Authors: Kitai, Eliezer; Vinker, S.; Sandiuk, A.; Zeltzer, Z.; Gaver, A.; Herz, M. Abstract: Backgroud: Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) utilization among various groups of patients in western countries is increasing. Objectives: To describe the utilization of various CAM methods in parallel with conventional pri- mary care medicine and the relations between it and conventional medicine. Study Design: Four hundred and eighty patients in two primary care clinics participated in the survey. The participants answered a structured questionnaire, which included socio-demographic information and details of CAM therapy utilization. Results: Eighty percent of those seeking CAM therapy received conventional medical treatment for the same complaint as well. When asked if CAM should be funded 69% agreed, 14% disagreed and 8.3% were undecided. The most frequent causes for using CAM therapy were insufficient improve- ment by conventional treatment (36%), a reluctance to take medications (19%) and willingness to try a new modality (13%). Most of those who received CAM therapy felt it was beneficial and claim they would return to use it in the future under similar circumstances. Conclusions: We found that the term complementary is more appropriate as most patients use CAM in parallel to conventional medicine. Patients using CAM are satisfied and intend to use CAM in the future.

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