How to Choose a Doctor / Physician - This week's featured article. When we fall ill, we expect our doctor to treat us and help us to get better. However, patients are gettingincreasingly dissatisfied with the medical care they receive. Many feel that doctors are too busy to give them the personal attention they need, while others feel that the medical profession has become commercialised and uncaring, leading to increasing tension between patients and doctors.read more... This classification is based on Planetree Classification of topics.

Topic	Description	Subjects Covered
Reference	General reference works, such as medical Dictionaries Encyclopedias and statistics & works related on anatomy and physiology.	Medical Reference Works such as Dictionaries Encyclopedia etc. Anatomy,physiology.
Promoting Health/ Preventing Disease	Importance of achieving optimal health and health maintenance guidelines.	General works; Diet;Fitness; Environmental / Occupational Health; Public Health and Safety measures .
Mental Health	Mental health and emotional health of the person both individually and in relationship to others.	Psychotherapies, Stress, Relationships.
Substance Use	Substance use, addictive behaviors and chemical dependencies.	Addictive behaviour and Substance Use (Alcoholism, smoking, street drugs)
Therapies/ Treatments Complementary / Alternate Therapies	Works on range of medical treatments and complementary therapy practices.	Yoga, Natural Therapies, Mind Body therapy, Homeopathy, Ayurveda etc., Drug delivery systems, Generic Drugs and drug industry.
Body Systems & Diseases 1 Body System & Diseases 2 Body System & Diseases 3	Works on health and unhealthy conditions of human body systems,body organs and anatomical parts and is divided by major medical specialities with both general works and specific diagnoses.	General Medicine, Bones/Joints/Muscles, Blood/lymphatic system, Cardiovascular system, Cancer, Immune System, Infections/STD, Eye, ENT, Dental Care, Gastrointestinal system, Endocrine system, Nervous system, Respiratory System/diseases, Skin/Hair/Nails, Urinary system.
Life Processes 1 Life Processes 2 Life Processes 3	Each stage of human development is focused on individually and includes health and social issues specific to that stage. Specific needs of special groups - multicultural groups, the physically disabled, etc.	Sexuality, Men's Health, Contraception/Family Planning, Fertility/Infertility, Women's Health, Pregnancy/Childbirth, Genetics/Genetic disorder, Childrens' Health, Young Adult, Health of Special Population/groups, Adults, Older Adults, Death and Dying.
Health Care Consumerism	Issues of concern to health care consumer such as patients' rights, access to health information, health law and policy, medical ethics and health care costs	Consumer Health Issues, Consumer Health Law, Medical Ethics, Health care Economics.
Health Care Field	Includes the many philosophies and mechanics of health care delivery.	Medical anthropology, history of medicine, health care delivery systems (including hospital and community based services) and health careers.

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