of Health Science, for the eight year period 2000–2007, are also the most collaborative. This study intends to determine the degree of col-laboration and to examine the co-relation between productivity and collaboration pattern of the health care professionals in Christian Medical College

Objective: To evaluate the symptomatology of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) among health care professionals attending an IBS symposium in a tertiary care university hospital. Method: A questionnaire designed to incorporate Manning and Rome II criteria was distributed among partici-pants of an IBS

plan that the patient can understand. This can increase patient compliance and satisfaction, and minimise future potential misunderstandings. This paper highlights techniques health care professionals can use to improve their communication skills.

multi-disciplinary management of compromising health conditions such as diabetes, heart disease, and pregnancy, to name a few. As this standard of care shifts to embrace oral health status, physicians and dentists are recommending, if not insisting, that their patients deal with chronic oral infections

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disorders are often managed with se-lective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) such as paroxetine because of their presumed efficacy and positive safety profile.1–4 However, recent pla-cebo-controlled trials have revealed concerns about paroxetine’s efficacy and safety in the pediatric population. These concerns led the drug’s manu-facturer, GlaxoSmithKline, to issue

Abstract: Access to health care is a complex subject with vast personal, economic, political, and societal ramifications. Issues concerning the rights and responsibilities of health care professionals-collectively and as individual members of a profession-comprise an important topic within ongoing

-peutic procedures. Lessons learned from outbreaks of other infectious diseases indicate that such challenging treatment environments require the monitoring of health care profes-sionals for psychological distress (e.g., anxiety, depression, fatigue, and social isolation) to prevent personal exhaustion and reduced

schemes as used by Nursing and Allied Health Care Professionals. There is a growing perceived need for formal reference models for specific professional groups. These reference models are used in many different ways, such as for building, maintaining and manipulating classification schemes. This paper