A targeted public: public services in fifteenth-century Ghent and Bruges [PDF]
Though the phrase 'public services' is a nineteenth-century invention, which was supported by a developed rhetoric of political economy, this article shows that the concept, practice and supply of such services could also be found in the medieval city ...
Haemers, Jelle, Ryckbosch, Wouter
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Background Germany currently experiences a situation of major physician attrition. The incompatibility between work and family has been discussed as one of the major reasons for the increasing departure of German physicians for non-clinical occupations ...
Schwappach David +4 more
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Adding a Correction Factor to the Allocation of Scarce Life-saving Resources in a Pandemic
Photo by Richard Catabay on Unsplash ABSTRACT COVID-19 exposed deep-rooted structural inequities. Allocation protocols developed during COVID-19 may cause furtherance of structural inequalities.
Cathy Purvis Lively
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The Polish Church and the “Thaw” of 1956
The process of “thaw”, developing in Poland after the death of Joseph Stalin, for a long time did not include the aspect of religious freedom. Demands to restore the possibility of free worship, teaching religious education, and, above all, the release ...
Michał Wenklar
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A framework for health care planning and control [PDF]
Rising expenditures spur health care organizations to organize their processes more efficiently and effectively. Unfortunately, health care planning and control lags far behind manufacturing planning and control.
Hans, Erwin W. +2 more
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Background From the very onset, Israeli military nurses served in supporting positions on the front lines, shoulder to shoulder with men. When the IDF was established in 1948, nurses were sent to serve near areas of conflict and were not included in ...
Ronen Segev
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The caring commodity : transformations in the exchange character of medicine in New Zealand (1840-1985) : a thesis presented to the Dept. of Geography, Massey University in complete fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts [PDF]
Retrospective analysis of actions and interactions connected with health care makes evident their place as constituted and constitutive components of capitalist social relations.
Hay, Iain Mill
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INTRODUCTION Nosocomial infections is one of the problems of hospital environments, which in addition to economic costs, sometimes prolongs the patient's hospitalization [1]. .... [2-10].
Mohammad Vaseie +2 more
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The Domestic and International Ethical Debate on Rationing Care of Illegal Immigrants
The millions of illegal immigrants in the United States have created a significant burden on the country’s healthcare system. The passage of the Affordable Care Act will lead to a significant reduction in uncompensated care this year, which will force ...
Brandon Sultan
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Challenging cases of professionalism in Japan: improvement in understanding of professional behaviors among Japanese residents between 2005 and 2013. [PDF]
BackgroundProfessionalism is deemed as the basis of physicians' contract with society in Japan. Our study in 2005, using a questionnaire with scenarios to professionalism, suggested that many physicians at various levels of training in Japan encounter ...
Barnett, Peter B +3 more
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