Tim Brunson DCH

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Patients, Clients, or Customers?

Posted At : November 12, 2012 10:34 AM | Posted By : Tim Brunson, PhD
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by Tim Brunson PhD

Rarely does a month pass by without me hearing some wizened authority admonishing an audience to refrain from using the word "patients" to describe the people they serve. These cautionary statements have sufficient legal and ethical overtones to scare those present into submission. However, is this really accurate? Is it in the best interests of the public? Have the phobic adherents to self-styled political correctness deviated sufficiently from the realm of linguistic truthfulness to effectively demean the people they serve?

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Treatment of hyperemesis gravidarum.

Posted At : November 12, 2012 4:11 AM | Posted By : Tim Brunson, PhD
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Hyperemesis gravidarum, or pernicious vomiting of pregnancy, is a complication of pregnancy that affects various areas of the woman's health, including homeostasis, electrolytes, and kidney function, and may have adverse fetal consequences. Recent research now provides additional guidelines for protection against and relief from hyperemesis gravidarum. Alterations to maternal diet and lifestyle can have protective effects. Medicinal methods of prevention and treatment include nutritional supplements and alternative methods, such as hypnosis and acupuncture, as well as pharmacotherapy.

Rev Obstet Gynecol. 2012;5(2):78-84. Wegrzyniak LJ, Repke JT, Ural SH.

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