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From:Nursing Standard (Vol. 23, Issue 47) Peer-ReviewedNew guidance on assisted suicide is to be published by the RCN, following its decision to adopt a neutral stance on any change in the law. The college's ruling council took the decision to drop its opposition to...
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From:International Journal of Health Policy and Management (Vol. 3, Issue 3) Peer-ReviewedPolitics is not the ghost in the machine of global health policy. Conceptually, it makes little sense to argue otherwise, while history is replete with examples of individuals and movements engaging politically in...
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From:Kai Tiaki: Nursing New Zealand (Vol. 20, Issue 9) Peer-ReviewedPOLITICS AND policy was the focus of a plenary session by Kai Tiaki Nursing New Zealand (KTNNZ) co-editor Teresa O'Connor and NZNO's senior policy analyst Marilyn Head. A condensed version of O'Connor's address was...
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From:Bulletin of the World Health Organization (Vol. 92, Issue 12) Peer-ReviewedIn October 2014, nearly 2000 people from 125 countries shared and debated issues that are critical to improving the performance of health systems, at the Third Global Symposium on Health Systems Research, in Cape Town,...
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From:International Journal of Health Policy and Management (Vol. 4, Issue 3) Peer-ReviewedAbstract Background: In recent times, there has been a growing demand internationally for health policies to be based on reliable research evidence. Consequently, there is a need to strengthen institutions and...
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From:International Journal of Health Policy and Management (Vol. 4, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedAbstract In his recent study, Gordon Shen analyses a pertinent question facing the global mental health research and practice community today; that of how and why mental health policy is or is not adopted by national...
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From:Bulletin of the World Health Organization (Vol. 90, Issue 4) Peer-ReviewedProblem Outbreak analysis and mathematical modelling are crucial for planning public health responses to infectious disease outbreaks, epidemics and pandemics. This paper describes the data analysis and mathematical...
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From:Kai Tiaki: Nursing New Zealand (Vol. 17, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedWorkers who are injured and carry the cost of that injury, have no say at all in Accident Compensation Corporation Minister Nick Smith's proposed changes to ACC, according to ACC Futures chair Hazel Armstrong. Speaking...
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From:Progress in Health Sciences (Vol. 1, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedIntroduction: Recent studies have indicated that an adequate nurse staffing in a hospital exerts an effect on both the level of health services provided and the safety of patients. Numerous reports confirm the shortage...
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From:Nursing Management (Harrow) (Vol. 17, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedRCN SCOTLAND has welcomed the publication by the Scottish government of its blueprint document, Delivering Quality in Primary Care. The strategy for primary care aims to tackle concerns highlighted recently by...
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From:Nursing Standard (Vol. 24, Issue 33) Peer-ReviewedLabour support for specialist staff: 'One of the best ways we can improve care for all patients with long-term conditions is by supporting and investing in specialist nurses. 'This is why we are calling for every...
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From:Nursing Standard (Vol. 25, Issue 14) Peer-Reviewed'Why did Humpty Dumpty fall off the wall?' No, I have not lost the plot after years of NHS stress. It was a query put to us by Max, one of our small patients. We have a picture of Humpty in our children's play area...
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From:European Social PolicyPeer-ReviewedPatients are centre stage' was one of the main slogans in the European Parliament's debate of 25 September on patient mobility in the Union. The objective - high quality health care for all EU citizens - received...
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From:Canadian Bulletin of Medical History (Vol. 26, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedAbstract. From 1939-1945, Dr. J. J. Heagerty, the long-serving federal Director of Public Health Services, championed a national health insurance program which united curative and preventive services while avoiding the...
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From:Kai Tiaki: Nursing New Zealand (Vol. 1410, Issue 10) Peer-ReviewedWhat do Health Minister David Cunliffe's announcements on minimum staffing levels and other changes (see Kai Tiaki Nursing New Zealand, September 2008, p7) in aged care really mean? At the presentation of the...
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From:Pharmaceutical Medicine (Vol. 23, Issue 4) Peer-ReviewedThere has been some concern that the current economic crisis may adversely impact public health as a result of job losses, increased mental health and addiction problems, the adoption of less healthy lifestyles and...
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From:Indian Journal of Medical Sciences (Vol. 63, Issue 11) Peer-Reviewed
Establishment of population-based surveillance for invasive pneumococcal disease in Bangalore, India
Byline: Aparna. Shah, Ramnilinga. Nisarga, K. Ravi Kumar, Robin. Hubler, Guillermo. Herrera, Paul. Kilgore Background :Invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) is vaccine-preventable but few data on the incidence of PD... -
From:Indian Journal of Palliative Care (Vol. 15, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedByline: Cherian. Koshy The message of palliative care in India has become a movement in several parts of India in a short span of time. The past two decades have seen palpable changes in the mindset of health care...
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From:Nursing Standard (Vol. 21, Issue 37) Peer-ReviewedWhen the date of my daughter's operation finally arrived, we all hoped it would end Abigail's headaches, which she first reported to our GP almost a year ago. As a family we have been concerned, and the headaches...
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From:Health Law Review (Vol. 15, Issue 2)Introduction Since its inception nearly forty years ago, Canada's universal public healthcare system has risen to near-iconic status in the national psyche. Despite growing public concern about healthcare's ability...