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Dying Poor in an Urban Hospital

AMA Journal of Ethics, 2001
A physician describes the challenges of caring for dying poor patients and how the inner-city hospital where he works has created an innovative palliative care program to help give such patients more dignity and choices in their end-of-life care. Virtual Mentor is a monthly bioethics journal published by the American Medical Association.
openaire   +2 more sources

EFFICIENCY ANALYSIS OF HOSPITALS IN THE GREAT PLAINS: AN URBAN-RURAL COMPARISON [PDF]

This study examined the efficiency of a sample of hospitals in the Great Plains using a nonparametric approach. Technical efficiency was less than either allocative or scale efficiency.
Featherstone, Allen M., Toodi, Bhaskar, Young, Ronald C.   +2 more
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Public Private Partnership for Equitable Provision of Quality Health Services [PDF]

, 2005
This report presents the findings of an independent Technical Review that focused on the promotion of Public Private Partnership (PPP) for equitable provision of quality health services in Tanzania.
Health Research for Action, (HERA)
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Dr. Hans Kohn and the political takeover of the Berlin Medical Society by the National Socialist regime in 1933

The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract To solidify their power over society, totalitarian regimes will usually eliminate any dissent, any perceived threats early on. These threats include not only political enemies but also educated and independent segments of society, such as professional associations.
Michael Hortsch
wiley   +1 more source

Patient Admission Patterns and Acquisitions of "Feeder" Hospitals [PDF]

Large, urban tertiary care hospitals often acquire outlying community hospitals. One possible motivation is to increase referrals. Sophisticated acquirers may even attempt to concentrate additional referrals among more profitable patients.
Cory Capps, David Dranove, Sayaka Nakamura   +2 more
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Prediction of Relapse and Glucocorticoid Dependence in Eosinophilic Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis: Findings from a Large European Cohort

Arthritis &Rheumatology, Accepted Article.
Background Eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (EGPA) is a small vessel vasculitis characterized by eosinophilia, asthma, and ear, nose, throat (ENT) involvement. Although glucocorticoids (GCs) are effective in controlling symptoms, relapses and GC dependence are common.
Matthias Papo, Pauline Martinot, Renato A. Sinico, Vítor Silvestre‐Teixeira, Nils Venhoff, Maria‐Letizia Urban, Michele Iudici, Juliane Mahrhold, Francesco Locatelli, Giulia Cassone, Franco Schiavon, Benjamin Seeliger, Thomas Neumann, Claudia Feder, Matthieu Groh, Chiara Marvisi, Maxime Samson, Thomas Barba, David Jayne, Arianna Troilo, Jens Thiel, Bernhard Hellmich, Sara Monti, Carlomaurizio Montecucco, Carlo Salvarani, Jean‐Emmanuel Kahn, Bernard Bonnotte, Cécile‐Audrey Durel, Xavier Puéchal, Luc Mouthon, Loïc Guillevin, Giacomo Emmi, Augusto Vaglio, Raphaël Porcher, Benjamin Terrier, The French Vasculitis Study Group and the EGPA European Study Group   +35 more
wiley   +1 more source

Health care providers’ perceptions of factors that influence the provision of acute stroke care in urban and rural settings: A qualitative study

SAGE Open Medicine, 2020
Objectives: Individuals living in rural areas have comparatively less access to acute stroke care than their urban counterparts. Understanding the local barriers and facilitators to the use of current best practice for acute stroke may inform efforts to ...
Mitchell Dwyer, Gregory M. Peterson, Seana Gall, Karen Francis, Karen M. Ford   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

A Review of the Quality of Health Care for American Indians and Alaska Natives [PDF]

, 2004
Documents healthcare disparities for American Indians and Alaska Natives and reports on recent progress made to reduce or eliminate gaps in care.
Yvette Roubideaux
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Legal and ethical considerations around the use of existing illustrations to generate new illustrations in the anatomical sciences

Anatomical Sciences Education, Volume 18, Issue 3, Page 289-300, March 2025.
Abstract It is likely existing anatomical illustrations are often used as the basis for new illustrative works, given not all illustrators have access to human tissues, bodies, or prosections on which to base their illustrations. Potential issues arise with this practice in the realms of copyright infringement and plagiarism when authors are seeking to
Jon Cornwall, Richard White, Patrick Pennefather, Sabine Hildebrandt, Jill Gregory, Heather F. Smith, Jason Organ, Claudia Krebs   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Talking With Patients: How Hospitals Use Bilingual Clinicians and Staff to Care for Patients With Language Needs [PDF]

, 2009
Presents survey findings on bilingual clinicians, staff, interpreters, and volunteers providing language services; training and assessment; hospital policies; and their impact.
Christal Ramos, Jennifer Huang, Karen Jones, Marsha Regenstein   +3 more
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