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GENERAL PRACTITIONER [10 records]

Record 1 2025-08-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Paramedical Staff
CONT

Qualitative and quantitative studies show that people who consult complementary practitioners usually have longstanding conditions for which conventional medicine has not provided a satisfactory solution, either because it is insufficiently effective or because it causes adverse effects. They have generally already consulted a conventional healthcare practitioner for the problem, and many continue to use the two systems concurrently. Some "pick and mix" between complementary and conventional care, claiming that there are certain problems for which their general practitioner has the best approach and others for which a complementary practitioner is more appropriate. Most find their complementary practitioners through personal recommendation.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Personnel para-médical
CONT

Les praticiens de médecine complémentaire cherchent souvent à personnaliser les traitements en fonction des besoins spécifiques de chaque patient, en utilisant des méthodes adaptées à leur physiologie et à leur mode de vie.

Spanish

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Record 2 2024-02-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Medical and Hospital Organization
  • Internet and Telematics
  • Telecommunications
CONT

Remote consultation is a virtual appointment that a patient makes with their GP [general practitioner] via telephone or video call, or through a written message/mail instead of using a classic, physical consultation.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organisation médico-hospitalière
  • Internet et télématique
  • Télécommunications
DEF

Rendez-vous médical pendant lequel le patient et le professionnel de la santé ne se trouvent pas au même endroit, peu importe le mode de communication utilisé.

Spanish

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Record 3 2017-07-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Medical Staff
  • General Medicine
DEF

A health care professional such as a physician ... who does not specialize in any particular field of that profession ... and who usually provides primary care.

CONT

The main task of a general practitioner, or general physician, is to diagnose and assist patients with routine checkups and examinations. A general physician is the first person whom patients will see when an illness or ailment is troubling them.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Personnel médical
  • Médecine générale
DEF

Médecin qui pratique la médecine générale.

CONT

Omnipraticien. Personne qui, à titre de médecin, voit des patients annuellement et procède à un bilan de leur état de santé. Elle peut également les recevoir en clinique sans rendez-vous lorsque ceux-ci ressentent des malaises ou des douleurs qui ne sont pas de l'ordre de la gravité du service des urgences de l'hôpital.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Nombramiento de cargos (Generalidades)
  • Personal médico
  • Medicina
DEF

Médico que trabaja en el campo de la medicina general.

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Record 4 2014-10-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Epidemiology
  • Demography
CONT

Diagnosed morbidity is the extent of morbidity observed on use of medical provision(e. g. general practitioner, specialist, hospital) or determined in specific epidemiologic surveys designed to identify the scale and causes of a disease in a population, such as a prospective survey of cardiovascular disease. This is the type of morbidity found in hospital statistics or reports from sentinel networks of general practitioners.

CONT

... diagnosed morbidity ... can differ greatly from perceived morbidity as well as objective morbidity, since the discomfort felt by the patient can go unrecognized by the physician, just as an illness might not be felt by a patient.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Épidémiologie
  • Démographie
CONT

[...] morbidité diagnostiquée, enregistrée, codée au cours du parcours de soins [...]

Spanish

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Record 5 2007-01-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Orthodontics
CONT

Orthodontic brackets often have small arms or wings known as tiewings that are adjacent to the archwire slot. A groove extends behind each tiewing for receiving a ligature. In use, the practitioner extends the ligature behind one or more of the tiewings and also over the archwire in order to retain the archwire in the archwire slot... In general, two types of orthodontic ligatures are in common use. One type... resembles a tiny elastomeric O-ring... Another type of orthodontic ligature in common use is made of a segment of small-diameter metallic wire...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Orthodontie
DEF

Fil [métallique] de petit diamètre, rondelle de caoutchouc ou de polymère, servant à attacher l'arc orthodontique dans l'ouverture du boîtier.

Spanish

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Record 6 2006-11-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Dietetics
  • Food Industries
OBS

People who are medically diagnosed with coeliac disease can get staples such as bread, pasta, plain biscuits etc., on prescription which you can organise with your GP(general practitioner).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Diététique
  • Industrie de l'alimentation
CONT

Certains experts, notamment américains, parient pour l'avenir sur une alimentation individualisée, fonction de notre patrimoine génétique. Les repas seraient ainsi spécifiquement adaptés aux besoins de chaque foyer. Les premières familles à bénéficier de ces recherches seront celles présentant des variantes de gènes à risque (cancer du colon, etc.) et qui seraient alors amenées à consommer, par exemple, des aliments plus riches en fibres [...]

Spanish

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Record 7 2005-03-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Human Diseases - Various
  • The Lungs
DEF

A usually mild pneumonia caused by a mycoplasma (Mycoplasma pneumoniae) and characterized by malaise, cough, and often fever.

CONT

Many patients with pneumonia are treated by their own general practitioner and never admitted to hospital. This is often called "walking pneumonia" because, although they can be very ill, the patients are still mobile. Some people with walking pneumonia never realize they are ill at all, but merely feel run down and exhausted.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Maladies humaines diverses
  • Poumons
CONT

La pneumonie est ordinairement une infection bactérienne, de sorte qu'elle peut être traitée au moyen d'antibiotiques. Aux personnes jeunes et en bonne santé, un traitement à domicile est couramment recommandé (traitement de la pneumonie ambulatoire).

Spanish

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Record 8 2004-03-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Medical and Dental Services (Military)
CONT

The psychosocial services file contains any information relating to the past or present psychosocial condition of an individual maintained by mental health clinicians for the purposes of providing time-limited interventions that do not require physician(general practitioner) involvement. This definition includes those files stored or maintained regardless of the physical mode or medium.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Service de santé et service dentaire (Militaire)
CONT

Le dossier des services psychosociaux rassemble toute information sur la condition psychosociale d'un individu, passée ou actuelle, consignée par les professionnels de la santé mentale en vue de la réalisation ponctuelle d'interventions qui ne nécessitent pas la participation du médecin généraliste. Il peut être entreposé ou conservé sous quelque support ou moyen physique que ce soit.

Spanish

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Record 9 2004-03-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Medical and Dental Services (Military)
CONT

The mental health file is a subset of the patient's Medical Record(CF2034). It contains all clinical recordings prepared by mental health clinicians relating to the mental health status of the patient and to information that impacts on the patient's mental health and that requires physician(general practitioner) involvement.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Service de santé et service dentaire (Militaire)
CONT

Le dossier de santé mentale est un sous-ensemble du dossier médical (CF 2034) dans lequel les professionnels de la santé mentale consignent leurs notes au sujet de l'état de santé du patient. Y figure également toute information ayant des répercussions sur la santé mentale du patient et nécessitant la participation du médecin généraliste.

Spanish

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Record 10 2004-01-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hygiene and Health
  • Financial and Budgetary Management
DEF

A general practitioner who is provided with and controls his or her own budget.

Key term(s)
  • fundholding practice

French

Domaine(s)
  • Hygiène et santé
  • Gestion budgétaire et financière

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