OBJECTIVES: To determine the prevalence of concomitant disease in individuals with interstitial
cystitis and to compare these results to the general population. METHODS: We used a …

Background Professional competencies are important for enhancing alignment between the
needs of education, industry and health consumers, whilst describing public expectations …

Interstitial cystitis is a debilitating bladder disorder that affects up to 450,000 people in the
United States, 90% of whom are women. Confusion in defining and understanding interstitial …

OBJECTIVES: To establish that conventional protocols often do not provide an adequate
framework for managing interstitial cystitis, and to describe the special role of the urologic …

Recovery is a concept which has emerged from the experiences of people with mental illness.
It involves a shift away from traditional clinical preoccupations such as managing risk and …

… The right of Peter Slade to be identified as author of this work has been asserted by him
in … I have written elsewhere (Slade 1968) of the fascination I had myself, when young, in …

… However, we have not documented the rhythm and intonation analyses in this book because
of constraints of space (see Eggins 1990 and Slade 1997 for details on these analyses). …

… It has clear implications for work with parents whose children we are treating (Slade 1999b).
If we are to truly understand the clinical and social implications of this view of the human …

Once thought to be a rare bladder disease in postmenopausal women, interstitial cystitis (IC)
has appeared to increase dramatically in prevalence, particularly in young women, over the …

Sonographers possess a unique and complex body of knowledge and skills, providing real
health benefits to the community. The value of competency frameworks rests on their …