English to French Medical Medical (general) Alternative medicine, CAM

(From Prostpect Magazine)
"Compare this to the values placed on current primary care. A consultation with a GP will typically be ten minutes long. The
GP is paid on the basis of a contract which pays only for things like asking patients if they smoke, for checking their blood
pressure, and for taking cervical smears. People with chronic diseases are "screened" for depression using a tick-box
questionnaire. There are influenza vaccination and child health surveillance targets, patient satisfaction questionnaires, audits
and significant event analysis to be done. Then there are walk-in centres and NHS telephone lines, neither of which will have
notes on your past history and neither of which are designed for long-term relationships. Fragmentation of care is the modal
norm. Meantime, alternative practitioners have only your agenda and an hour, and will see you personally as often as you
wish."