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Patient Consultations in Healthcare

Scenes from medical consultations and team discussions in healthcare settings, highlighting communication and care for diverse patient needs.

Reportage in the maternity, gynecology and obstectrics emergency service in the Métropole Hospital, Chambéry, France. The medical secretary and reception nurse welcome patients.

Reportage in the St Grégoire Hospital group in Rennes, France. Non-permanent nursing auxiliaires preparing the meal rota.

Care for deaf patients in sign language, Nice Hospital, France. Consultation with a patient who is under 40 and deaf, suffering from Usher syndrome, a genetic disease associating deafness and chorioretinitis with vestibular disorders. He has been in the service for almost 15 years. An intermediary is present. She is deaf and adapts her level of communication to be more clearly understood. She has a good level of education and intervenes to help the patient understand. This mediator does not oralize at all. Unlike the interpreter, she is not neutral and reformulates what the doctor says in order to be understood by the patient. The doctor signs same. ,NICE,PACA,FRANCE

medical transcriptionist in the clinic

Reportage at the Lyon-Nord Rillieux polyclinic with an ENT (Ears, Nose & Throat) and Head and Neck surgery specialist. Consultation before surgery with a young man who has breathing difficulties due to a malformation of the nasal septum. Informed consent document for carrying out surgery under general anesthetic.

Rehabilitation centre for adult disabled persons, Dordogne, France.

Medical check-up run by IPL (Lille Institut Pasteur) in Arras, France. IPL delocalise these check-ups to help fragile sectors of the community who cannot travel to the Institute itself. The check-up starts with a blood test.

Obesity care and treatment center for children and teenagers , "Les Terrasses", Niort France. Young obese patient in medical consultation, measurement of the body mass index (BMI).

Reportage in the maternity, gynecology and obstectrics emergency service in the Métropole Hospital, Chambéry, France. The medical secretary and reception nurse welcome patients.

Therapy, counseling and therapist with support for couple in session, consulting and relationship advice. Psychology, communication and woman with empathy, care and listen to client for marriage help

Reportage in the orthopedic service of Robert Bellanger Hospital in France. Nursing station.

Care for deaf patients in sign language, Nice Hospital, France. Consultation with a patient who is under 40 and deaf, suffering from Usher syndrome, a genetic disease associating deafness and chorioretinitis with vestibular disorders. He has been in the service for almost 15 years. An intermediary is present. She is deaf and adapts her level of communication to be more clearly understood. She has a good level of education and intervenes to help the patient understand. This mediator does not oralize at all. Unlike the interpreter, she is not neutral and reformulates what the doctor says in order to be understood by the patient. The team helps the patient with benefits paperwork. ,NICE,PACA,FRANCE

Diabetes workshop, education programme for diabetic patients led by a nurse, Angouleme hospital, France.

Medico-psychiatric unit for teenagers and young adults. This is a place for verbal, emotional and body expression of patient's psychic suffering. Contractual short-term hospitalization aims at monitoring and preventing crisis such as suicidal behaviour, depression, eating disorder, alcoholism, phobia, etc. Here, a new patient talking with her referring nurse. Psychiatry unit managed by Dr Rachel Bocher, Nantes university hospital, France.

Pediatric nurses and paediatric auxiliary nurses. Obstetrics and gynaecology department, Saintonges hospital, Saintes, France.

Reportage on a psychiatric liaison team in a hospital in the Haute-Savoie region of France. The teams psychiatrists and nurses intervene throughout the hospital at the doctors request. A psychiatrist and nurse chat to a patient.

Photo essay at the maternity of Rouen hospital, France. Information meeting on the use of baby products.

Male assistant showing x ray to elderly patient

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

Medical check-up run by IPL (Lille Institut Pasteur) in Arras, France. IPL delocalise these check-ups to help fragile sectors of the community who cannot travel to the Institute itself. The check-up starts with a blood test.

Nurses during a break.

Care for deaf patients in sign language, Nice Hospital, France. Consultation with a patient who is under 40 and deaf, suffering from Usher syndrome, a genetic disease associating deafness and chorioretinitis with vestibular disorders. He has been in the service for almost 15 years. An intermediary is present. She is deaf and adapts her level of communication to be more clearly understood. She has a good level of education and intervenes to help the patient understand. This mediator does not oralize at all. Unlike the interpreter, she is not neutral and reformulates what the doctor says in order to be understood by the patient.,NICE,PACA,FRANCE

Medical records of patients treated with radiotherapy, Radiotherapy department of Angouleme hospital, France.

Psychotherapy.

Reportage in an independent midwife practice in Ham, in the Somme region of France, during home visits. Carrying out foetal monitoring and scanning the patient's health card.

Medical examination with a pediatrician before starting day-care center.

laser machine

Medical check-up run by IPL (Lille Institut Pasteur) in Arras, France. IPL delocalise these check-ups to help fragile sectors of the community who cannot travel to the Institute itself. Interview with a dietician.

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

Nurse preparing to administering a vaccine to a patient

Beautician with file filing nails female client. Woman spa beauty salon

EHPAD - Doctor, nurses and caregivers discussing residents during the time of transmissions. The teams are partly made up of hard-of-hearing or deaf personnel.Editorial Only

A hospital doctor comments prostate ultrasound scan with a patient.

Rapid serologic test for 5-11 year old COVID-19 vaccination at a vaccination centre.

Reportage at the Jérôme Lejeune Institute in Paris, France. The Institute treats patients suffering from Down's Syndrome and other intellectual disabilities of genetic origin. A multidisciplinary team deals with all care for these patients, offering specialised Down's Syndrome consultations. Consultation with a doctor.

Drugstore worker checking box of pills explaining medical leaflet to caucasian client

Sick girl getting lollipop from receptionist in hosptal

Clinical research in the Saint-Philibert hospital (GHICL) in Lille, France. A deaf patient having a cognitive evaluation. It involves various tests and exercises as well as a questionnaire on the patient's everyday life.

Reportage in the Rossetti Centre in Nice, France, during Professor Griffets monthly consultations. He is an orthopedic surgeon from Grenoble Hospital, and founder of this centre. This teenager suffers from scoliosis and wears a back brace. The doctor has followed him since he was young. After the clinical examination and observation of the x-rays, the orthopedic prosthetist looks at changes to be made to the back brace.

Young woman checking in at health club counter, waist up

Waiting room in new normal clinic with nobody in it

medical staff looking at xrays and tablet screen

Diabetes workshop, education programme for diabetic patients led by a nurse, Angouleme hospital, France.

Nurse filling in a medical file.

Male and female patients waiting in corridor of hospital

Nurse filling a patient medical records after giving care. Emergency department, Limoges hospital, France.

Obesity care and treatment center for children and teenagers , "Les Terrasses", Niort France. Here, a young patient at the infirmary.

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

Dentists sat at the computers

For two days, nurses and emergency nurses undergo training at the Montpellier School of Medicine on emergency procedures and resuscitation. Presentation of the defibrillator on board the SMUR and SAMU vehicles for emergency response.

Reportage on the Jeunes Pousses, a follow-up care and pneumo-pediatric rehabilitation unit specialising in climate therapy for asthma. The centre is located in Briançon, Frances highest town, which is part of WHOs Healthy Cities programme. At this altitude the oxygen partial pressure is reduced which has a positive effect on the cardio-vascular system. The concentration of allergens is also reduced. Briançon is one of the top places for high-altitude climate therapy due to its hours of sunlight, almost total lack of fog, its very low hygrometry, its almost total lack of dust mites, the scarcity of damp, its short pollen season and a very low levels of pollution. Romane, 12, suffers from asthma and comes from Lyon. She arrived at the Jeunes Pousses this year. Since she arrived her illness has stabilised. She carries out a PFT (pulmonary function test) under the supervision of a physiotherapist.

Emergency physician and nurse in the short emergency department of a university hospital.

Report from the radiotherapy department of a hospital in Savoie. Two radiographers monitor the progress of a radiotherapy session.

student and teacher in medical class

A hospital doctor comments prostate ultrasound scan with a patient.

Nursing education

Reportage on Maureen during her second pregnancy. Gynecology appointment: second term foetal ultrasound.

Sick girl getting lollipop from receptionist in hosptal

Travel, hotel and elderly couple by reception to check in desk for travel, anniversary and relax. Retirement, hospitality and senior man and woman with concierge for bonding, holiday or vacation

Students during a debriefing following a mannequin simulation workshop.

Espace Gaïa, premiere salle de consommation de drogues à moindre risque, dite " salle de shoot " dans le dans le 10 ème arrondissement de Paris le 11 octobre 2016, France.

Adult caucasian serious man and nurse talking in a blood donation campaign center with other people around

Emergency medicine students attends a circumstantial emergency simulation course led by two emergency physicians. Debriefing after a simulation session.

Functional rehabilitation of a hemiplegic woman. Occupational therapy session. Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Limoges hospital, France.

Blood sample being taken from a young woman

Reportage at the Jérôme Lejeune Institute in Paris, France. The Institute treats patients suffering from Down's Syndrome and other intellectual disabilities of genetic origin. A multidisciplinary team deals with all care for these patients, offering specialised Down's Syndrome consultations. Consultation with a doctor.

Reportage in the Follow-up Care and Rehabilitation service of Saint-Philibert hospital in Lille, France. Nurses and auxiliary nurses handing over patient files.

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Functional rehabilitation of a hemiplegic woman. Occupational therapy session. Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Limoges hospital, France.

Reportage in an independent midwife practice in Ham, in the Somme region of France. The midwife asks the patient questions before a pelvic floor rehabilitation session.

Do not use in the framework of advertisements or promotion. Nursing in the department of urology, Hospital Lyon Sud, France.

Radiology technicians of Angoulême hospital, France.

Activity in a Day Care Center for people with Alzheimer's disease.

Care for deaf patients in sign language, Nice Hospital, France. Consultation with a patient who is under 40 and deaf, suffering from Usher syndrome, a genetic disease associating deafness and chorioretinitis with vestibular disorders. He has been in the service for almost 15 years. An intermediary is present. She is deaf and adapts her level of communication to be more clearly understood. She has a good level of education and intervenes to help the patient understand. This mediator does not oralize at all. Unlike the interpreter, she is not neutral and reformulates what the doctor says in order to be understood by the patient. ,NICE,PACA,FRANCE

Woman filling a form in the reception of a beautician surgery clinic attended by a doctor

Here, doctor using a physiological serum syringe to clean the patient's ear.General practitioner with patient, Geveze, France,

Female technician processing blood samples in a medical laboratory.

A 30-year-old patient consults for chest pain and breathing difficulties. The nurse discusses the ECG with the doctor.

Photo essay at the maternity of Rouen hospital, France. Information meeting on the use of baby products.

Training of medical interns in the ECMO technique, Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation.

Reportage in an independent midwife practice in Ham, in the Somme region of France.

Throughout the year, the hospital's nursing staff continues to train on new technologies and new recommendations.

Reportage at Château de la Manderie in Ouzouer des Champs, France, a nursing home for Alzheimer sufferers. Medical team meeting.

Practitioner doctor holding clipboard with disease diagnosis results explaining medical expertise to senior patient

Group of doctors look and discuss x-ray in a clinic or hospital. Group of doctors discuss x-ray

women holding stitching spool in sewing departament at store

Mental disabled friends sharing music using phone and headphones in a day care center

Waiting room

Female dentists examining x-ray image on screen in medical clinic during pandemic

Reportage in a rehabilitation centre in Germany, specialising in neurological rehabilitation after a stroke or head injury. The centre is equipped with a number of robotic technologies which facilitate exercises. A patient does motor exercises on the Pablo Plus with the help of a physiotherapist. The Pablo Plus offers the possibility of actively exercising parts of the upper limbs. This technology uses virtual reality to motive the patients.

Doctor and patient in medical practice, UK

Obesity care and treatment center for children and teenagers , "Les Terrasses", Niort France.

Reportage in the epileptology unit in Nice Hospital, France. Long-term EEG (3 days) for a check-up of partial epilepsy.

Photo essay at Rouen hospital, France. Department of pneumology.

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Anesthetist students during the debriefing after a critical situation resuscitation exercise at the Nimes Faculty of Medicine.

Reportage at the Marcel Paul Home, a nursing home near Fleury Mérogis in France. Activity run by an auxiliary nurse.

Throughout the year, the hospital's nursing staff continues to train on new technologies and new recommendations.

Reportage in a biology lab in Thonon-les-Bains hospital, France. Receiving blood samples : labelling and sorting.

Report on a rescue device specializing in difficult mountain access. Rescuers prepare to go into action

heart of hounslow - centre for health doctors surgery with patients

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