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Upper extremity injury management by non-physician emergency practitioners in rural Uganda: A pilot study

open access: yesAfrican Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2014
Improper management of and resultant poor outcomes from upper extremity injuries can be economically devastating to patients who rely on manual labour for survival. This is a pilot study using the Quick DASH Survey (disabilities of arm, shoulder and hand)
Daniel S. Frank   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

How to increase public participation in advance care planning: findings from a World Café to elicit community group perspectives

open access: yesBMC Public Health, 2019
Background In 2014, Alberta, Canada broke new ground in having the first provincial healthcare policy and procedure for advance care planning (ACP), the process of communicating and documenting a person’s future healthcare preferences.
Patricia D. Biondo   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Transitions from biomedical to recovery-oriented practices in mental health: a scoping review to explore the role of Internet-based interventions

open access: yesBMC Health Services Research, 2017
Background The Internet is transforming mental health care services by increasing access to, and potentially improving the quality of, care. Internet-based interventions in mental health can potentially play a role in transitions from biomedical to ...
Monica Strand   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

What is depression? Psychiatrists’ and GPs’ experiences of diagnosis and the diagnostic process

open access: yesInternational Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health & Well-Being, 2014
The diagnosis of depression is defined by psychiatrists, and guidelines for treatment of patients with depression are created in psychiatry. However, most patients with depression are treated exclusively in general practice.
Annette S. Davidsen   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Integrated care to address child and adolescent health in the 21st century: A clinical review

open access: yesJCPP Advances, 2021
Background Increasing specialisation and technical sophistication of medical tools across the 21st century have contributed to dramatic improvements in the life‐expectancy of children and adolescents with complex physical health problems.
Mina Fazel   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Collaboration in Health Care [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Sciences, 2017
Health care involves the participation of patients, family, and a diverse team of often highly specialized health care professionals. Involvement of all these team members in a cooperative and coordinated way is essential to providing exceptional care. This article introduces key concepts relating to interprofessional collaborative teamwork. Approaches
Lyndon, Morley, Angela, Cashell
openaire   +2 more sources

Why Collaborative Care for Depressed Patients is so Difficult: A Belgian Qualitative Study

open access: yesInternational Journal of Integrated Care, 2017
Although current guidelines recommend collaborative care for severely depressed patients, few patients get adequate treatment. In this study we aimed to identify the thresholds for interdisciplinary collaboration amongst practitioners when treating ...
Kris Van den Broeck   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Chinese expert consensus on the use of sulbactam to treat patients infected with Acinetobacter baumannii in the neurosurgical intensive care unit

open access: yesChinese Journal of Contemporary Neurology and Neurosurgery
Treatment of neurosurgical intensive care patients infected with multidrug resistant (MDR) or extensive drug resistant (XDR) Acinetobacter baumannii presents significant challenges and is associated with high mortality rates.
Neurosurgical Branch, Chinese Medical Association   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

The care of non-institutionalized ADL-dependent people in the Orcasitas neighborhood of Madrid (Spain) during the Covid-19 pandemic and its relationship with social inequalities, intergenerational dependency and survival

open access: yesFrontiers in Public Health
BackgroundMortality among people with dependency to perform basic activities of daily living (ADL) is higher than that of non-dependent people of the same age.
Vicente Martín Moreno   +14 more
doaj   +1 more source

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