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one who brings an art or science to full realization
a French doctor who was once the most famous practitioner of natural childbirth
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Focus on metrics With the DEI pushback that will continue into 2025, many DEI practitioners will orient their work on metrics.
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Janice Gassam Asare, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
This new season of DEI will include more of a focus on metrics and quantitative data, and practitioners will adjust and adapt to center metrics in their efforts.
—Janice Gassam Asare, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
Telling patients about bad things was consistently shown to provoke significant distress among practitioners, many of whom were left feeling isolated.
—Gord Magill, Newsweek, 22 Dec. 2024
In 2023, an analysis of health-care practitioners' experiences published in the journal Patient Education and Counseling laid bare some of the issues those in the medical profession face when breaking bad news.
—Gord Magill, Newsweek, 22 Dec. 2024
Turmeric is a relative of ginger and has been used since ancient times by cooks and traditional health practitioners in India, China and other parts of Asia.
—Bethany Thayer, Detroit Free Press, 21 Dec. 2024
Similarly, in this landscape, trade finance practitioners must be agile and knowledgeable regarding risks and opportunities.
—Pushkar Mukewar, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
Mental health practitioners and clients become best friends.
—Bryan Robinson, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
Mental health practitioners shame clients for their problems.
—Bryan Robinson, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
Janice Gassam Asare, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
This new season of DEI will include more of a focus on metrics and quantitative data, and practitioners will adjust and adapt to center metrics in their efforts.
—Janice Gassam Asare, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
Telling patients about bad things was consistently shown to provoke significant distress among practitioners, many of whom were left feeling isolated.
—Gord Magill, Newsweek, 22 Dec. 2024
In 2023, an analysis of health-care practitioners' experiences published in the journal Patient Education and Counseling laid bare some of the issues those in the medical profession face when breaking bad news.
—Gord Magill, Newsweek, 22 Dec. 2024
Turmeric is a relative of ginger and has been used since ancient times by cooks and traditional health practitioners in India, China and other parts of Asia.
—Bethany Thayer, Detroit Free Press, 21 Dec. 2024
Similarly, in this landscape, trade finance practitioners must be agile and knowledgeable regarding risks and opportunities.
—Pushkar Mukewar, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
Mental health practitioners and clients become best friends.
—Bryan Robinson, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
Mental health practitioners shame clients for their problems.
—Bryan Robinson, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
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