Criteres De Selection Du Professionnel De Sante Responsable Du Suivi Gynecologique Des Femmes Majeures

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Critères de sélection du professionnel de santé responsable du suivi gynécologique des femmes majeures

Author : Apolline Favresse
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (119 download)

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Download or read book Critères de sélection du professionnel de santé responsable du suivi gynécologique des femmes majeures written by Apolline Favresse and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introduction : Dans le contexte démographique actuel des professionnels de santé, nous avons voulu savoir qui assure le suivi gynécologique des femmes et quels critères intervenaient dans leur choix entre gynécologue, médecin généraliste et sage-femme. Méthode : Une étude observationnelle transversale descriptive a été menée auprès de 116 femmes majeures, par le biais de questionnaires distribués dans les cabinets libéraux de la ville de Strasbourg à la fois de sages-femmes pratiquant du suivi gynécologique de prévention, de gynécologues libéraux et de médecins généralistes. Résultats : Parmi les femmes étudiées, 39% sont suivies par leur sage-femme, 31% par leur gynécologue et 30% par leur médecin traitant. Les femmes jeunes consultent préférentiellement une sage-femme, préférant s'adresser à un professionnel de santé de sexe féminin, se sentant plus à l'aise pour aborder leur santé génésique. La sage-femme est également choisie pour la clarté de ses explications et la possibilité d'aborder de multiples sujets avec elle sans tabou. Les femmes choisissant d'être suivies par un gynécologue mettent en avant les compétences de ce dernier ainsi que l'habitude de le consulter. Les femmes préférant consulter leur médecin traitant mettent en avant la rapidité d'obtention d'un rendez-vous et accordent également une plus grande importance au tarif de la consultation. Conclusion : La conjugaison de l'ensemble des acteurs de santé, dont les sages-femmes, doit permettre de faire face à la carence en gynécologue pour offrir un suivi de qualités aux femmes. Ainsi, les sages-femmes vont devoir informer et convaincre les femmes de leurs compétences en matière de gynécologie.

Femmes enceintes

Author : Derya Sahin
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (835 download)

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Download or read book Femmes enceintes written by Derya Sahin and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Avec les progrès techniques et scientifiques réalisés en obstétrique, le suivi des femmes enceintes a progressivement évolué vers une médicalisation confiée au spécialiste. Cependant depuis quelques années, le suivi des grossesses non compliquées réintègre lentement le terrain de la médecine générale pour de multiples raisons: pénurie relative d’obstétriciens et de gynécologues, volonté de démédicalisation et de déspécialisation des problèmes de santé courants. Il a été proposé à 157 patientes ayant récemment accouché à l’hôpital de SENS de répondre à une enquête sur le suivi de leur grossesse. Nous souhaitions connaitre les critères de choix pour le praticien qui les a suivies tout au long de leur grossesse et déterminer l’influence ou non de certaines caractéristiques socio-démographiques. Les femmes choisissaient leur médecin généraliste dans 8,6% des cas, essentiellement pour sa disponibilité et sa connaissance du dossier médical. Deux critères influençaient le choix des patientes : l’âge et la parité. On remarquait également que les patientes confiaient leur grossesse au médecin qui réalisait leur suivi gynécologique habituel. Enfin, cette enquête a mis en évidence l’ignorance des patientes concernant les compétences de leur médecin traitant pour des actes courants de gynécologie-obstétrique. Les médecins généralistes suivent peu de grossesses et réalisent peu de suivis gynécologiques. Ils informent peu leurs patientes sur leurs champs de compétences et proposent rarement de suivre leur grossesse. Les données de santé publique et l’évolution de la démographie médicale incitent à prendre des mesures pour donner au médecin généraliste sa place, entre autres dans le suivi des femmes enceintes.

Choix du professionnel de santé pour le suivi de grossesse en fonction du niveau de risque

Author : Léonor Bruckert
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 102 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (87 download)

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Download or read book Choix du professionnel de santé pour le suivi de grossesse en fonction du niveau de risque written by Léonor Bruckert and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: L'orientation des femmes enceintes pour le suivi de leur grossesse est un enjeu de santé publique et s'inscrit dans le cadre du dernier plan de périnatalité de 2005-2007 visant à améliorer l'offre de soins périnatals en fonction du niveau de risque. Notre travail consistera donc à mettre en place un outil d'aide à l'orientation des patientes, lors d'un entretien dédié au moment de leur inscription à la maternité, afin de les guider dans le choix du professionnel responsable du suivi des six premiers mois de leur grossesse. L'outil a été développé selon le guide méthodologique édité par la HAS en 2008 concernant l'élaboration d'un document écrit d'information à l'intention des patients et des usagers du système de santé. Une première version a été établie à partir du rapport de la HAS de 2007 sur le suivi et l'orientation des femmes enceintes en fonction des situations à risque identifiées. Deux groupes de travail pluridisciplinaire constitués de sages-femmes, médecins généralistes et gynécologues obstétriciens ont ensuite permis de l'améliorer. Deux types de suivi ont été définis. Le suivi par une sage-femme ou, un médecin généraliste ou, un gynécologue médical ou obstétricien dans le cas des situations à risque modéré et le suivi par un gynécologue-obstétricien de l'équipe responsable de l'accouchement dans le cas des situations à risque élevé. Chacun de ces suivis pouvant être complété d'un avis spécialisé. Ces avis complémentaires ont ainsi été étayés et il a notamment été précisé à quel moment ceux-ci devaient intervenir. La surveillance des grossesses, essentiellement assurée jusqu'ici par les gynécologues-obstétriciens, devrait évoluer, notamment vers une responsabilité croissante des sages-femmes et des médecins généralistes dans le suivi des grossesses dites physiologiques. Le défi à relever pour tous les professionnels de la périnatalité est donc d'apprendre à travailler en réseau pour un accompagnement à la fois médical, psychologique et social des futurs parents

Lescritères de choix des patientes pour déterminer le profesionnel de santé qui assurera le suivi de la grossessse

Author : Apolline Laouenan
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 82 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (835 download)

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Download or read book Lescritères de choix des patientes pour déterminer le profesionnel de santé qui assurera le suivi de la grossessse written by Apolline Laouenan and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Objectif : Identifier les critères de choix qui conduisent les femmes enceintes à s'orienter vers un professionnel de santé pour assurer le suivi de la grossesse et décrire les caractéristiques des patientes selon le professionnnel choisi. Déterminer la place qu'elles réservent aux différents professionnels de santé, et évaluer leur connaissance sur la compétences des sages-femmes dans le suivi des grossesses physiologiques. Matériel et méthodes : Nous avons mené une étude transversale descriptive auprès des femmes asccouchées dans deux maternités du Finistère (une maternité de niveau III d'un CHRU et une clinique de niveau IIa) du 22 août au 14 septembre 2011. Un autoquestrionnaire était proposé aux patientes présentant une grossesse physiologique deux jours après leur accouchement dans le service des suites de couche. Les données collectées concernaient : les caractéristiques sociodémographiques des femmes, le début de grossesse, le suivi prénatal, le déroulement des consultations mensuelles, les connaissances des compétences de la sage femme et le suivi gynécologique. Une compariason des patientes suvies par une sage-femme ou par un gynécologue obstétericien a été établie.Résultats : au total 170 femmes ont accepté de remplir l'autoquestionnaire dont 88 (51.8%) ont accouchés dans la maternité de CHRU et 82 (48.2%) dans la clinique, 138 (81.2%)étaient suivi pour leur grossesse par un gynécologue obstétricien, 28 (16.5%) par une sage-femme et seulement 4 (2.3%) par un médecin généraliste. L'analyse des résultats a mis en évidence la place prépondérante des gynécologues obstétriciens dans le suivi de grossesse physiologique. Le critère de choix principal pour s'orienter vers une sage-femme ou un gynécologue obstétricien est la compétence du professionnel. Les patientes suivies par une sage-femme bénéficiaient plus souvent d'une couverture sociale. Le choix du professionnel a été conditionné par le suivi gynécologique antérieur. Les médecins généralistes font peu de suivi de grossesse mais gardent un rôle important dans le bon déroulement de la grossesse en intervenant pour le diagnostic de grossesse et en dehors des consultations prénatales. Conclusion : Au terme de ce travail nous constatons une méconnaissance des patientes sur les compétences des sages-femmes. Une difffusion plus large des compétences de la sage-femme, ainsi qu'une collaboration accrue entre professsionnels dans le suivi de grossesse physiologique s'appuyant sur les recommandations de la Haute autorité de Santé pourrait peut-être permettre d'augmenter le nombre de suivi de grossesse effectué par les sages-femmes.

Comprehensive Cervical Cancer Control

Author : World Health Organization
Publisher : World Health Organization
ISBN 13 : 9241547006
Total Pages : 284 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (415 download)

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Download or read book Comprehensive Cervical Cancer Control written by World Health Organization and published by World Health Organization. This book was released on 2006 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Most women who die from cervical cancer, particularly in developing countries, are in the prime of their life. They may be raising children, caring for their family, and contributing to the social and economic life of their town or village. Their death is both a personal tragedy, and a sad and unnecessary loss to their family and their community. Unnecessary, because there is compelling evidence, as this Guide makes clear, that cervical cancer is one of the most preventable and treatable forms of cancer, as long as it is detected early and managed effectively. Unfortunately, the majority of women in developing countries still do not have access to cervical cancer prevention programmes. The consequence is that, often, cervical cancer is not detected until it is too late to be cured. An urgent effort is required if this situation is to be corrected. This Guide is intended to help those responsible for providing services aimed at reducing the burden posed by cervical cancer for women, communities and health systems. It focuses on the knowledge and skills needed by health care providers, at different levels of care.

World Health Organization Guidelines on the Pharmacological Treatment of Persisting Pain in Children with Medical Illnesses

Author : World Health Organization
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9789241548120
Total Pages : 166 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (481 download)

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Download or read book World Health Organization Guidelines on the Pharmacological Treatment of Persisting Pain in Children with Medical Illnesses written by World Health Organization and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These guidelines have been developed to support countries to relieve pain in their paediatric populations. These guidelines address persisting pain in children caused by conditions such as cancer, HIV/AIDS, sickle-cell disease, burns, trauma, and phantom limb pain. Recommendations -- developed following a careful and transparent appraisal of available evidence -- are presented for the pharmacological treatment of mild, moderate and severe pain. The guidelines include chapters on the various systems used to classify pain and on the evaluation of pain, which reviews the available tools for routine pain measurement in children. Provision of sustainable pain relief within health care systems is covered in a separate chapter. Since morphine and other opioid analgesics -- required for the relief of moderate-to-severe pain in children -- are listed under the 1961 UN Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, the new guidelines include an annex explaining the Convention's requirements for the handling and procurement of opioid analgesics for the relief of pain.

Cancer Pain Relief

Author : World Health Organization
Publisher : World Health Organization
ISBN 13 : 9789241544825
Total Pages : 74 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (448 download)

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Download or read book Cancer Pain Relief written by World Health Organization and published by World Health Organization. This book was released on 1996 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The second edition of a guide, which introduced a simple, yet highly effective method for the relief of cancer pain. Thoroughly revised and updated, the new edition further refines the WHO method, which advocates the use of a small number of relatively inexpensive drugs, including morphine. Revisions draw on experiences with millions of patients around the world as well as new knowledge about the specific pain syndromes unique to cancer. Completely new are chapters describing the international system by which morphine and other opioids are made available for medical purposes. The book has two parts. Part one provides a practical guide to the relief of cancer pain, concentrating on drug treatment as the mainstay of pain management. The most extensive section sets out detailed guidelines for the selection and prescribing of non-opioid analgesics, opioid analgesics, drugs for neuropathic pain, and adjuvant drugs for the treatment of adverse effects, the enhancement of pain relief and the management of concomitant psychological disturbances. Information ranges from explanations of how specific drugs work, through the precautions to take in the presence of certain disorders, to a list of factors that influence the effectiveness of opioids. Concerning the use of opioids, readers are reminded that psychological dependence does not occur in cancer patients and that the only correct dose of morphine is the one that relieves the pain. Part two provides a guide to opioid availability. A discussion of the reasons why opioids continue to be underprescribed or difficult to obtain is followed by an explanation of the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs.

The Patient Will See You Now

Author : Eric Topol
Publisher : Basic Books
ISBN 13 : 0465094473
Total Pages : 386 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (65 download)

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Download or read book The Patient Will See You Now written by Eric Topol and published by Basic Books. This book was released on 2016-10-25 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The essential guide by one of America's leading doctors to how digital technology enables all of us to take charge of our health A trip to the doctor is almost a guarantee of misery. You'll make an appointment months in advance. You'll probably wait for several hours until you hear "the doctor will see you now"-but only for fifteen minutes! Then you'll wait even longer for lab tests, the results of which you'll likely never see, unless they indicate further (and more invasive) tests, most of which will probably prove unnecessary (much like physicals themselves). And your bill will be astronomical. In The Patient Will See You Now, Eric Topol, one of the nation's top physicians, shows why medicine does not have to be that way. Instead, you could use your smartphone to get rapid test results from one drop of blood, monitor your vital signs both day and night, and use an artificially intelligent algorithm to receive a diagnosis without having to see a doctor, all at a small fraction of the cost imposed by our modern healthcare system. The change is powered by what Topol calls medicine's "Gutenberg moment." Much as the printing press took learning out of the hands of a priestly class, the mobile internet is doing the same for medicine, giving us unprecedented control over our healthcare. With smartphones in hand, we are no longer beholden to an impersonal and paternalistic system in which "doctor knows best." Medicine has been digitized, Topol argues; now it will be democratized. Computers will replace physicians for many diagnostic tasks, citizen science will give rise to citizen medicine, and enormous data sets will give us new means to attack conditions that have long been incurable. Massive, open, online medicine, where diagnostics are done by Facebook-like comparisons of medical profiles, will enable real-time, real-world research on massive populations. There's no doubt the path forward will be complicated: the medical establishment will resist these changes, and digitized medicine inevitably raises serious issues surrounding privacy. Nevertheless, the result-better, cheaper, and more human health care-will be worth it. Provocative and engrossing, The Patient Will See You Now is essential reading for anyone who thinks they deserve better health care. That is, for all of us.

Managing Breast Cancer Risk

Author : Monica Morrow
Publisher : PMPH-USA
ISBN 13 : 9781550092608
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (926 download)

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Download or read book Managing Breast Cancer Risk written by Monica Morrow and published by PMPH-USA. This book was released on 2003 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Managing Breast Cancer Risk is a single source for information needed by primary care physicians, nurses, gynecologists, as well as oncologic specialists who deal with women who are concerned about breast cancer. Its purpose is to bring together a multidisciplinary group of experts to address breast cancer risk in a clinically meaningful way. Chapters providing detailed information on individual risk factors are accompanied by a discussion of models, which integrate multiple factors for a more complete assessment of risk. Traditional strategies for risk management, including surveillance and prophylactic surgery, are reviewed, and the data on newer techniques such as ductal lavage and screening with magnetic resonance is presented. The rational for chemoprevention with selective estrogen receptor modulators (SERMS) is discussed, and the evidence for tamoxifen as a chemopreventative is updated. The potential for chemoprevention with newer SERMS and the aromatase inhibitors is reviewed. Finally, the critical (and often ignored) areas of quality of life and symptom management are addressed.

World Abortion Policies

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Publisher : Economic & Social Affairs
ISBN 13 : 9789211515015
Total Pages : 0 pages
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Health Workforce Policies in OECD Countries

Author : OECD
Publisher : Org. for Economic Cooperation & Development
ISBN 13 : 9789264239500
Total Pages : 0 pages
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Download or read book Health Workforce Policies in OECD Countries written by OECD and published by Org. for Economic Cooperation & Development. This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Foreword and Acknowledgments -- Executive summary -- Key findings -- Analytical framework of health labour markets -- Trends in health labour markets and policy priorities to address workforce issues -- Education and training for doctors and nurses: What's happening with numerus clausus policies? -- Trends and policies affecting the international migration of doctors and nurses to OECD countries -- Geographic imbalances in the distribution of doctors and health care services in OECD countries -- Skills use and skills mismatch in the health sector: What do we know and what can be done

Global Burden of Disease and Risk Factors

Author : Alan D. Lopez
Publisher : World Bank Publications
ISBN 13 : 0821362631
Total Pages : 511 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (213 download)

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Download or read book Global Burden of Disease and Risk Factors written by Alan D. Lopez and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2006-04-02 with total page 511 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Strategic health planning, the cornerstone of initiatives designed to achieve health improvement goals around the world, requires an understanding of the comparative burden of diseases and injuries, their corresponding risk factors and the likely effects of invervention options. The Global Burden of Disease framework, originally published in 1990, has been widely adopted as the preferred method for health accounting and has become the standard to guide the setting of health research priorities. This publication sets out an updated assessment of the situation, with an analysis of trends observed since 1990 and a chapter on the sensitivity of GBD estimates to various sources of uncertainty in methods and data.

Evolution of Awareness

Author : Kia Marlene
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 444 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (856 download)

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Download or read book Evolution of Awareness written by Kia Marlene and published by . This book was released on 2022-03-08 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Evolution of Awareness, the debut poetry collection from Kia Marlene, is a book about a spiritual journey towards enlightenment. The collection consists of 6 chapters, titled "The Egg," "The Caterpillar," "Intermission (heartbreak&love)," "The Cocoon," "The Butterfly," and a chapter titled "Knock Knock." Through numerous poems this book outlines various thoughts, questions and eventual answers concerning our collective greater purpose in life, self love, consciousness, and personhood. The author intends for this book to help broaden the reader's general perception, view of their environment, awareness, and sense of self.

Oxford Textbook of Palliative Medicine

Author : Nathan I. Cherny
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 0199656096
Total Pages : 1281 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (996 download)

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Download or read book Oxford Textbook of Palliative Medicine written by Nathan I. Cherny and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2015 with total page 1281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Emphasising the multi-disciplinary nature of palliative care the fourth edition of this text also looks at the individual professional roles that contribute to the best-quality palliative care.

Cervical Cancer Screening in Developing Countries

Author : World Health Organization
Publisher : World Health Organization
ISBN 13 : 9241545720
Total Pages : 90 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (415 download)

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Download or read book Cervical Cancer Screening in Developing Countries written by World Health Organization and published by World Health Organization. This book was released on 2002 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cervical cancer is the second most common cancer among women worldwide, with 80 per cent of deaths occurring in developing countries. It is an important area for cancer control programmes because of the burden of the disease and the potential for effective prevention via screening. This publication is based on a comprehensive consultation undertaken by WHO in 2001, involving leading experts in the field of cancer epidemiology, screening and treatment. It focuses on the current situation in low and middle income countries, discusses the efficacy of screening methods available, and assesses potential future developments.

Injectable Contraceptives

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9789221544029
Total Pages : 0 pages
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Computational Systems Biology of Cancer

Author : Emmanuel Barillot
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1439831440
Total Pages : 463 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (398 download)

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Download or read book Computational Systems Biology of Cancer written by Emmanuel Barillot and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2012-08-25 with total page 463 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The future of cancer research and the development of new therapeutic strategies rely on our ability to convert biological and clinical questions into mathematical models—integrating our knowledge of tumour progression mechanisms with the tsunami of information brought by high-throughput technologies such as microarrays and next-generation sequencing. Offering promising insights on how to defeat cancer, the emerging field of systems biology captures the complexity of biological phenomena using mathematical and computational tools. Novel Approaches to Fighting Cancer Drawn from the authors’ decade-long work in the cancer computational systems biology laboratory at Institut Curie (Paris, France), Computational Systems Biology of Cancer explains how to apply computational systems biology approaches to cancer research. The authors provide proven techniques and tools for cancer bioinformatics and systems biology research. Effectively Use Algorithmic Methods and Bioinformatics Tools in Real Biological Applications Suitable for readers in both the computational and life sciences, this self-contained guide assumes very limited background in biology, mathematics, and computer science. It explores how computational systems biology can help fight cancer in three essential aspects: Categorising tumours Finding new targets Designing improved and tailored therapeutic strategies Each chapter introduces a problem, presents applicable concepts and state-of-the-art methods, describes existing tools, illustrates applications using real cases, lists publically available data and software, and includes references to further reading. Some chapters also contain exercises. Figures from the text and scripts/data for reproducing a breast cancer data analysis are available at www.cancer-systems-biology.net.