Patient Consultations

Images of medical consultations featuring healthcare professionals interacting with patients in various office settings. The mood is serious and focused, emphasizing healthcare.

Scintiscan of thyroid.

NAPLES, ITALY -- Evelyn Honea, Ombudsman-at-Large, speaks with Naples Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society Director Alysse Turner during a scheduled visit onboard Naval Suport Activity Naples in an effort to assist the Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy James Honea improve the quality of life for Sailors and their families, Nov. 3, 2022. MCPON Honea is conducting fleet visits to answer questions and discuss his priorities of warfighting competency, professional and charcter development, and quality of life.

Reception of deaf patients in the Saint-Philibert hospital (GHICL) in Lille, France. Appointment with a doctor who uses sign language.

Reportage in the OSE health centre in Paris, France. Appointment with a specialised doctor in order to diagnose Alzheimers. The doctor carries out various tests on the patients.

General practitioner with patient.

Scintiscan of thyroid.

Photo essay at Henry Gabrielle hospital in Lyon, France. Urology consultation with Dr Nicolas Morel-Journel, surgeon-urologist. Consultation for erectile dysfunction.

Reportage at the Lyon-Nord Rillieux polyclinic with an ENT (Ears, Nose & Throat) and Head and Neck surgery specialist. Consultation with an elderly patient to carry out an audiogramme.

Reportage at the Lyon-Nord Rillieux polyclinic with an ENT (Ears, Nose & Throat) and Head and Neck surgery specialist. Consultation with a teenager accompanied by his mother who is suffering from epistaxis (nosebleeds).

Reportage at Manhès Hospital in Fleury Mérogis, France. Reception.

Photo essay in a country doctor's office, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France.

Reportage at the Lyon-Nord Rillieux polyclinic with an ENT (Ears, Nose & Throat) and Head and Neck surgery specialist. Consultation with a patient showing symptoms of sleep apnea. The ENT specialist presents various mandibular advancement braces (thermosettable or made-to-measure) to treat sleep apnea. The device is placed in the mouth to advance the lower jaw and tongue, which mechanically frees the airway in the throat.

Reportage in a functional neurological exploration unit. Epilepsy screening and follow-up consultation. The patients take a video EEG (electroencephalogram), during which they are subjected to various stimuli, both auditive and visual. The patterns are then analysed by the neurologist. The neurologist talks to a patient and her mother.

This general practitioner, seen here on 26. 10. 1995 in Iserlohn, is the youngest practising doctor in his town, Germany, at the age of 31, Europe

This internist in the centre of a larger city works mainly as a family doctor. The photo shows: The work of the team of medical assistants in the reception, Germany, Europe

A hospital-based emergency service operates 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and covers an entire region. Ambulance office.

Reportage in an allergy specialist practice in Geneva.

Covid 19 vaccination center in a municipal room. In Abbeville (80), people wait in the developed areas before seeing the doctor and receiving the vaccine.

Photo essay in a country doctor's office, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France.

Reportage with a team of physiotherapists in a hospital in Haute-Savoie in France. A cardiac rehabilitation session run by a physiotherapist. This session is for patients who have had a heart attack.

Medical visitor and doctor.

Reportage in a specalised day care centre in Switzerland for people suffering from Parkinsons disease. Speech therapy sessions : evaluation and treatment of speech and voice, as well as the capacity to swallow, in order to maintain optimal communication and secure feeding. The centre offers multidiscipline neurorehabilitation treatment specific to the secondary impairments of Parkinsons. It is aimed at people suffering from Parkinsons disease without severe cognitive impairment, who have sufficient autonomy to live at home.

Three people waiting in a modern reception area of a medical practice

In the GP's surgery, Germany, Europe

Pharmacy.

Staff Sgt. William Oliphant, a 68WF2, flight paramedic assigned to Charlie Company, 2nd General Support Aviation Battalion, 4th Aviation Regiment, 4th Combat Aviation Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, converses with other medics at the Penrose-St. Francis Hospital, March 13, 2022. C Co. is the only medical company within the entire brigade that has flight medics.

Information meeting with the director of the retirement home and staff representatives to optimize support for residents on a daily basis.

General practitioner with patient, Geveze, France.

Photo essay at Rouen hospital, France. Parents-to-be in consultation with an anesthetist.

Outpatient surgery, Léon Bérard Centre, Lyon, France, After the operation in the recovery room, patients undergo further tests and are given a snack and can chat to other patients. (Photo by: BSIP/UIG via Getty Images)

Osteopathy session for a 69-year old man suffering from pain in the lumbat belt and the shoulder girdle.

Monitoring of people after injection of a vaccine against Covid-19 in a vaccination center. French Red Cross volunteers in charge of monitoring people for a period of 15 minutes. In Abbeville (80).

Reportage in a psychiatric hospital in Malévoz, Swizerland. The hospital treats adults suffering from mental illness requiring care that aims to relieve existential and/or relational suffering. Occupational therapy session.

Information meeting with the director of the retirement home and staff representatives to optimize support for residents on a daily basis.

Reportage in the Health and Prevention Centre run by the local committee for social hygiene (CDHS) in Lyon, France. Public vaccinations.

Office of the Administrator - Boston - Administrator Gina McCarthy visiting Boston Children's Hospital , Environmental Protection Agency

Flooding Hurricane/Tropical Storm Severe Storm - Shelburne Falls, Mass. , September 8, 2011 Individual Assistance Tho Do from HQ speaks to an assists a family from the Shelburne Falls Community which were impacted by the Tropical Storm Irene which flooded the western part of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Tropical Storm Irene. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to the Department of Defense's Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, Landstuhl, Germany

Reportage in a weekly hospitalization service in the endocrinology unit of a hospital in Savoie, France. Diabetic patients are hospitalized for a week to undergo an assessment on their diabetes: evolution of the diabetes, dietary habits and therapeutic education. Therapeutic education session run by a diabetologist. The doctor helps patients suffering from type 2 diabetes to understand the mechanisms of their illness and its treatment.

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to the Department of Defense's Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, Landstuhl, Germany

The supervisor makes sure that the coordinators and the doctors are able to work.

Doctor signing

Training session for handling ultrasound machines at the health center, San Bartolomé Jocotenango, municipality of the department of Quiché, Guatemala, Central America.

Three people seated in a waiting area of a medical practice

Doctor holding patient’s hand, and reassuring his male patient helping hand concept.

Office of the Administrator - Boston - Administrator Gina McCarthy visiting Boston Children's Hospital , Environmental Protection Agency

Report in the medical practice of Clamart (92). General medicine consultation.

HIV testing station in Township, Port Elizabeth, South Africa

Training session for handling ultrasound machines at the health center, San Bartolomé Jocotenango, municipality of the department of Quiché, Guatemala, Central America

Reportage on a rural pharmacy technician during his home delivery round in Auxi-le-Château, France. Visting a patient who is hospitalized at home. Talking to her daughter.

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to the Department of Defense's Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, Landstuhl, Germany

Photo essay at Henry Gabrielle hospital in Lyon, France. Urology consultation with Dr Nicolas Morel-Journel, surgeon-urologist. First consultation of a trans woman patient for a sex reassignment surgery, vaginoplasty.

The supervisor makes sure that the coordinators and the doctors are able to work.

Hypnotherapist doing an ericksonian hypnosis session.

Reportage in Nollet Clinic in Paris, France. Post-op consultation (hip replacement) with Dr Nogier, a hip surgeon. Explaining to the patient.

Photo essay in a country doctor's office, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France.

Reportage in the OSE health centre in Paris, France. Appointment with a specialised doctor in order to diagnose Alzheimers. The doctor carries out various tests on the patients.

Hispanic couple talking to doctor in office

Photo essay in a country doctor's office, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France.

Covid 19 vaccination center in a municipal room. In Abbeville (80), people wait in the developed areas before seeing the doctor and receiving the vaccine.

Covid 19 vaccination center in a municipal room. In Abbeville (80), people wait in the developed areas before seeing the doctor and receiving the vaccine.

Reportage in the Cornet health centre in Pantin, France where free vaccination sessions are held, without appointment, on every 4th Wednesday of the month. The sessions are carried out in the presence of two council health officers who provide the vaccines.

This internist in the centre of a larger city works mainly as a family doctor. The photo shows: Consulting a patient, Germany, Europe

Emergency call center.Regulation doctor : medical staff provide first assistance. Limoges hospital, France.

Insular Areas Health Summit ("The Future of Health Care in the Insular Areas: A Leaders Summit") at the Marriott Hotel in Honolulu, Hawaii, where Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne joined senior federal health officials and leaders of the U.S. territories and freely associated states to discuss strategies and initiatives for advancing health care in those communinties. Among federal officials and island leaders participating with Secretary Kempthorne were Veterans Affairs Secretary James Peake, Defense Under Secretary for Personnel and Readiness David S.C. Chu, Health and Human Services Assistant Secretaary of Health Joxel Garcia, Hawaii Lieutenant Governor James Aiona, Federated States of Micronesia President Manny Mori, Marshall Islands President Litokwa Tomeing, Republic of Palau Vice President Elias Chin, American Samoa Governor Togiola Tulafono, Guam Governor Felix Camacho, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Governor Benigno Fitial, U.S. Virgin Islands Health Commissione

Photo essay in a country doctor's office, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France.

Photo essay in a country doctor's office, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France.

DR-1708.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Hurricane Katrina, Chalmette, LA, December 16, 2005 - Physicians discuss care options for a patient being treated at the Primary Care Clinic in St. Bernard Parish. Staffing is a combination of parish physicians and personnel from the U.A. Public Health Agency and FEMA Disaster Medical Assistance Team (DMAT). Robert Kaufmann/FEMA

Reportage at Pause Diabolo, a risk reduction centre for drug users, in Lyon, France. Pause Diabolo sees drug users as part of a national French policy to reduce health hazards. This multidisciplinary helps deals with all aspects of life that are affected by drug use. It involves making risk reduction equipment available, helping with access to care, hygiene help, social mediation and helping gain access to benefits as well as social and professional reintegration. Access to risk reduction equipment is possible during opening house. The centre hands out sterile equipment and recovers used equipment. Beyond this access, the employees advise drug users on reducing health risks during drug taking.

Hurricane Katrina, Biloxi, Miss., March 7, 2006 -- Major Rob Vincent (right) shows off the laundry facilities set up for volunteers to Paulett Jackson(left) and Ashley Roth of MEMA. Yankie Stadium in East Biloxi is a base of operations for the Salvation Army. Mark Wolfe/FEMA

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to the Department of Defense's Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, Landstuhl, Germany

Multinational event participants receive a comprehensive tour of the National Hero of Georgia Mariam (Maro) Makashvili Military Rehabilitation Center during the 28th MMME hosted in Tbilisi, Georgia, May 30, 2022. By building trust and cooperation, GHE activities facilitate partnerships in the military medical community and further deepening alliances.

AIRMAN 1ST Class Heidi Patrick, a medical technician from the 363rd Air Transportable Hospital, takes the blood pressure of a patient during Operation Desert Shield.. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Country: Unknown

Office of the Administrator - Boston - Administrator Gina McCarthy visiting Boston Children's Hospital , Environmental Protection Agency

U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Steven Thorpe, an orthopedic surgeon with the Health Engagements Assistance Response Team (HEART) 2022, presents techniques for pediatric limb salvage to a group of Honduran surgeons and residents from throughout the Tegucigalpa area July 21, 2022, in Tegucigalpa, Honduras. The presentation was a way to further exchange knowledge and foster relationships outside of the operating room.

From left, Miguel Coello, a medical officer with Joint Task Force Bravo, and José Elías Mendoza, the medical director for Hospital San Felipe, speak with U.S. Air Force Capt. Alexandre Rogan, the Health Engagements Assistance Response Team (HEART) 2022 officer in charge, during a visit to Hospital San Felipe July 22, 2022, in Tegucigalpa, Honduras. HEART 22 includes surgical teams working alongside partner nation medical professionals to benefit communities in need. The medical assistance operation is the physical representation of partner nations coming together to support each other.

Senior woman volunteer explains the new voting machine to a voter.

Hurricane Wilma, Boynton Beach, FL, October 29, 2005 FEMA Disaster Medical Assistance Team nurse Shirley Swilley, TN-1, left, checks the temperature of Paul Neshe, while his father Michael Neshe stands by outside of the JFK Medical Center. The DMAT is set up in the entry way of the hospital to assist in seeing the increase flow of patients due to Hurricane Wilma. Boynton Beach, FL- October 29, 2005-FEMA Disaster Medical Assistance Team nurse Shirley Swilley, TN-1, left, checks the temperature of Paul Neshe, while his father Michael Neshe stands by outside of the JFK Medical Center. The DMAT is set up in the entry way of the hospital to assist in seeing the increase flow of patients due to Hurricane Wilma.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Reportage in a psychiatric day care centre in Haute Savoie, France. The day care centre is a part-time psychiatric care unit with a dozen patients a day. Each patient follows a specific programme : interviews, nursing care and activities. The patients take part in choir activity.

Reportage at Pause Diabolo, a risk reduction centre for drug users, in Lyon, France. Pause Diabolo sees drug users as part of a national French policy to reduce health hazards. This multidisciplinary helps deals with all aspects of life that are affected by drug use. It involves making risk reduction equipment available, helping with access to care, hygiene help, social mediation and helping gain access to benefits as well as social and professional reintegration. Access to risk reduction equipment is possible during opening house. The centre hands out sterile equipment and recovers used equipment. Beyond this access, the employees advise drug users on reducing health risks during drug taking.

Office of the Administrator - Boston - Administrator Gina McCarthy visiting Boston Children's Hospital , Environmental Protection Agency

U.S. Air Force dental personnel perform a dental procedure during the health services outreach event as part of Pacific Angel 22-4 in Baucau, Timor-Leste, Sept. 16, 2022. The operation, scheduled Sept. 12-17, focuses on capacity building through health services outreach, engineering civic action program construction projects and subject matter expert exchanges. Pacific Air Forces participate in PAC ANGEL operations in order to advance interoperability and build upon established partnerships between our military forces and our allies and partners.

All calls to the department of Herault are centralized at this location. Here are coordinated emergency services. Calls are received and processed by the ARMs, Medical Regulation Assistants. Then, depending on the case, the calls are transmitted to an emergency doctor who will decide to trigger and adapt the emergency services. ARM, Assistant Medical Regulators.

Daily meeting in the emergency department to take stock after the night. The case of each patient.

Hurricane Katrina/Hurricane Rita, Carville, LA December 1, 2005 - Dr. Louis Cataldie, the Louisiana State Medical Examiner, described the use of dental records in the identification of disinterred bodies during a press tour of the new DMORT facility. The storm surges from Hurricanes Katrina and Rita disinterred approximately 1,300 bodies.

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to the Department of Defense's Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, Landstuhl, Germany

Photo essay at Saint François functional rehabilitation center in Deauville, France.

Air Force Capt. Daxton Duncan, a provider with the 181st Medical Group, Indiana Air National Guard assesses a patient and performs simulated emergency procedures in a medical tent during the 19th Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, and high-yield Explosives Enhanced Response Force Package pre-external evaluation sustainment year collective training event at Camp Atterbury Joint Maneuver Training Center, Ind., Aug. 10, 2022. The medical element of the 19th CERFP assists victims of emergency and disaster incidents to provide time-critical assessment, documentation and emergency medical support on location, preparing and stabilizing patients for transportation to local hospitals and processing sites. (Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. L. Roland Sturm)

Mark Overberg, Director of Army Retirement Services, briefs residents of the Armed Forces Retirement Home in Washington, D.C., on Aug. 31, 2022.

Reportage in a specalised day care centre in Switzerland for people suffering from Parkinsons disease. The centre offers multidiscipline neurorehabilitation treatment specific to the secondary impairments of Parkinsons. It is aimed at people suffering from Parkinsons disease without severe cognitive impairment, who have sufficient autonomy to live at home.

Numerous citizens of the district of Sächsische Schweiz Osterzgebirge take advantage of the possibility of a free Corona rapid test in the community centre of Bannewitz in front of Easter

Man consulting with female professional at a desk of a hospital

JEREMIE, Haiti (Dec. 13, 2022) Daniel P. Erikson, center, deputy assistant, Secretary of Defense for the Western Hemisphere at the U.S. Department of Defense, and Ambassador Eric W. Stromayer, right, Chargé d Affaires, a.i. at Embassy Port-au-Prince, Haiti, take a tour of hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) during Continuing Promise 2022, in Jeremie, Haiti on Dec. 13, 2022. Comfort is deployed to U.S. 4th Fleet in support of Continuing Promise 2022, a humanitarian assistance and goodwill mission conducting direct medical care, expeditionary veterinary care, and subject matter expert exchanges with five partner nations in the Caribbean, Central and South America.

Covid 19 vaccine for seniors at a vaccination center in France.

Counselling, mental health and a senior woman talking for therapy, meeting or psychology in a dark room. Patient, psychologist or therapist talking in group workshop, consultation or rehabilitation

Photo collection Government information service. Hospitals, administrations. undated

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to the Fisher House facility for families of patients undergoing treatment at the Department of Defense's Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, Landstuhl, Germany

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