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The Non‐Professional Virtues of the Hospice Volunteer

Journal of Applied Philosophy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Volunteers have long played a significant role in hospice care. Much of the care volunteers provide consists of weekly hour‐long in‐home visits. Home‐visiting hospice volunteers are not professionals, nor are they strangers or intimates. Hospice volunteers will not typically face moral dilemmas, nor be called upon to make dramatic decisions ...
Michael B. Gill
wiley   +1 more source

Mind the Gap: Predictors of Osteoporosis Treatment Following Fragility Fracture in Parkinsonism

Movement Disorders Clinical Practice, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Fracture risk is increased in Parkinson's yet this risk is often not addressed. Objectives Our objective was to study the extent to which osteoporosis was treated, and predictors of treatment in a large representative cohort with parkinsonism.
Katie C. Naylor, Emily J. Henderson, Emma Tenison   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Challenges and opportunities to improve fracture liaison service attendance:fracture registration and patient characteristics and motivations [PDF]

, 2019
A Summary This questionnaire-based study evaluated the reasons for attendance or non-attendance at the fracture liaison service in patients with a recent fracture.
GEUSENS, Piet, van den Berg, P., van Haard, P. M. M., van den Bergh, J. P.; id_orcid, van den Bergh, J. P., VAN DEN BERGH, Joop, Geusens, P. P., Schweitzer, D. H.   +7 more
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Why Active Representation Varies: Cultural Stereotypes and Differential Treatment by Street‐Level Bureaucrats

Public Administration and Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT How do cultural stereotypes influence the likelihood that minority street‐level bureaucrats (SLBs) will actively represent marginalized subgroups within their ethnocultural community? While existing scholarship on representative bureaucracy has focused on the conditions under which minority SLBs engage in active representation, this study ...
Sohad Amaria, Einat Lavee, Nissim Cohen
wiley   +1 more source

Evaluation of the Fracture Liaison Service within the Canadian Healthcare Setting

Journal of Osteoporosis, 2020
Previous studies evaluating fracture liaison service (FLS) programs have found them to be cost-effective, efficient, and reduce the risk of fracture. However, few studies have evaluated the clinical effectiveness of these programs.
Matthew Wong-Pack, Nawazish Naqvi, George Ioannidis, Ramy Khalil, Alexandra Papaioannou, Jonathan Adachi, Arthur N. Lau   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Considering Intermediaries as Relational Localizers: A Case Study of Localization in the Thai–Southeast Myanmar Border Humanitarian Response

Public Administration and Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Two conceptualizations of pathways to moderating power asymmetries in humanitarian practice have emerged in localization discourse—one emphasizing procedural reforms and the other highlighting relational transformation. Dominant Global North‐mediated localization frameworks emphasize procedural approaches with a focus on shifting to a direct ...
Meghan Sullivan
wiley   +1 more source

Orthopedic surgeons’ views on the osteoporosis care gap and potential solutions: survey results

Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research, 2019
Introduction Osteoporosis is often not recognized until one or more fractures occur, yet post-fracture screening remains uncommon. Orthopedic surgeons are well situated to address this care gap.
David W. Barton, Daniel C. Griffin, Jonathan J. Carmouche   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Sustainable Composites From Almond Shell Powder and Recycled Polyolefin Blends: Effect of Compatibilizer on Interfacial Adhesion and Properties

Polymer Composites, EarlyView.
Schematic illustration of sustainable recycled polyolefin/almond shell composites showing the effect of MA‐g‐PP compatibilizer on interfacial adhesion, void reduction, and composite morphology for lightweight automotive applications. ABSTRACT This study reports injection‐molded sustainable composites developed from a hybrid recycled polymer matrix ...
Rebecca Sanchez, Suman Kumar Ghosh, Nur Fazreen Alias, Amar K. Mohanty, Manjusri Misra   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

A New Fracture Liaison Service Using the Mobile Application and IoT Sensor

, 2019
While the clinical design of a Fracture Liaison Service(FLS) has been used as a localized healthcare service in a previous study, thus far there has not been an international mobile application, such as a FLS using smart phones. In addition, we developed
장혁재, 김성우
core   +1 more source

An Age‐Friendly Approach to Caring for Chronic Lung Disease in the Ambulatory Setting

Respirology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Many common chronic lung diseases, such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and interstitial lung disease (ILD), have much greater prevalence among older adults and as a result, pose a substantial burden of morbidity, disability, and mortality. The care of older adults with chronic lung disease necessitates an age‐friendly approach
Angela O. Suen, Lauren R. Pollack, C. Adrian Austin, Leah J. Witt   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source