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Financial Burden Associated With Hospitalisation Among Families of Childhood Brain Tumours in Australia

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Families of children with cancer experience significant financial strain, even with universal healthcare. Indirect costs, such as productivity losses and non‐medical expenses, are rarely included in economic evaluations, and little is known about how effectively financial aid programmes alleviate this burden. Childhood brain tumours
Megumi Lim   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Organisational culture and information systems implementation: a critical perspective [PDF]

open access: yes, 2003
This research explores how information systems (IS) implementation is accomplished when cultural change of an organisation is attempted and what this accomplishment means for those touched by it.
McGrath, Kathy
core  

Access, learning and development in the creative and cultural sector: from 'creative apprenticeship' to 'being apprenticed' [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
This paper challenges the prevailing conventional wisdom in the UK that the government is the sole architect of the education and training (E&T) system and that qualifications are the magic bullet for securing employment in the creative and cultural ...
Guile, David
core   +3 more sources

Inpatient Food Insecurity and Pediatric Hematology Oncology Hospitalization Outcomes

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Children with cancer and blood disorders are at risk for food insecurity (FI). We aimed to describe the association of inpatient food insecurity (IFI) and hospitalization outcomes among patients admitted to the pediatric hematology oncology service. Of 325 caregivers screened for IFI, 60 (18.6%) screened positive.
Joanna M. Robles   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

[Review of] James W. Green. Cultural Awareness in the Human Services [PDF]

open access: yes, 1984
James W. Green has produced a sensitive, thought-provoking book which is based on a multi-ethnic approach in the delivery of human services by social workers. Green is a cultural anthropologist who earned a Ph.D.
Dawkins, Cecilia E.
core   +1 more source

Urban pollution and ecosystem services [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
Urban pollutants can degrade and inhibit ecological functions and processes. Those natural processes provide vital benefits and services to humans.
Baldocchi   +20 more
core   +2 more sources

‘They Need to Hear You Say It’: Healthcare Professionals’ Perspectives on Barriers and Enablers to End‐of‐Life Discussions With Adolescents and Young Adults With Cancer

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT End‐of‐life conversations with adolescents and young adults (AYAs) with cancer rarely occur without the guidance of healthcare professionals. As a part of the ‘Difficult Discussions’ study, focused on palliative care and advance care planning discussions with AYAs with cancer, we investigated the factors that healthcare professionals identify ...
Justine Lee   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Exploring Tourists' Preferences for Forest Ecosystem Services Under Climate Change: Insights From a Case Study in the Austrian Alps

open access: yesMountain Research and Development
Forests are important providers of ecosystem services (ESs) for mountain tourism; however, they are also vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. We explore tourists' perceptions and valuation of mountain forest ESs and climate change and analyze the
Laura Barraclough, Katharina Pöll
doaj   +1 more source

Exploring Challenges in Conducting E-Mental Health Research Among Asian American Women [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
In this discussion paper, we explore the challenges of conducting e-mental health intervention research among Asian American women and propose a model for addressing these barriers.
Acupan, Alvin Ryan   +4 more
core   +2 more sources

Defining Roles in Pediatric Palliative Care: Perspectives From Oncology and Palliative Care Teams

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Early integration of pediatric palliative care (PPC) is associated with improved symptom management, quality of life, and healthcare utilization for children with cancer. Despite this, variation persists in how PPC is understood, operationalized, and integrated within pediatric oncology programs. In particular, ambiguity surrounding
Leeat Granek   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

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