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Christian Journal for Global Health, 2018 Only a few people will know that as early as the second century AD, Christ was called a physician. Not being scriptural, this nomenclature originally reflected the looming rivalry with the pagan Asclepius cult very popular in Hellenistic times.
Christoffer H. Grundmann
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The probability of having advanced medical interventions is associated with age in out-of-hospital life-threatening situations. [PDF]
, 2016 The use of out-of-hospital emergency medical services by old and very old individuals is increasing. These patients frequently require complex evaluation and decision-making processes to determine a strategy of care, therapeutic choices or withdrawal of ...
Burnand, B. +5 more
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Serving with Pharmacy Students: Reflections from a Medical Mission Team Leader and Preceptor
Pharmacy, 2016 The medical mission field is an innovative setting for training and evaluating health care professional students. The motivating factor of serving indigent populations as a means of a humanitarian, or oftentimes a spiritual act, makes medical missions an
Dana A. Brown
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Brain Gains: a literature review of medical missions to low and middle-income countries
BMC Health Services Research, 2012 Background Healthcare professionals’ participation in short-term medical missions to low and middle income countries (LMIC) to provide healthcare has become common over the past 50 years yet little is known about the quantity and quality of these ...
Martiniuk Alexandra LC +3 more
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Empathy Assessment Among Medical Students Towards Patients - A Cross-Sectional Study
National Journal of Community MedicineBackground: Empathy is the student’s understanding of the patient’s experience and ability to convey the feeling. Empathy is teachable and measurable, and proper teaching to students about ethics, humanity, and professionalism can improve patient care.1
Subha Lakshmi +3 more
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Christian Journal for Global Health, 2015 Medical missionaries have always been a part of global health. One of their greatest potential assets as global health workers was that they carried with them a spiritual understanding of life. Although they didn’t always realize it, the people they came
Raymond Downing
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Common Silent Liver Disease In and Around of Salem Population: An Autopsy Study [PDF]
Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2012 Introduction: We aim to determine the prevalence of silent liver diseases and to correlate it with age, sex, life style and its other risk factors.
R. Thamil Selvi +2 more
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Characterizing the global context for cross-cultural healthcare work by regions of the world
Christian Journal for Global Health, 2015 Healthcare missionaries (n=393) from 18 English-speaking countries, serving in 67 countries, were surveyed. With an average of 11 years of field experience and working primarily in the local language, participants in this study were able to report on ...
Mark Strand +2 more
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Medical Encounters and Exchange in Early Canadian Missions [PDF]
, 2008 The exchange of medical and pharmaceutical knowledge was an important facet of the encounter between native and newcomer in early Canada. Throughout New France Récollet and Jesuit missionaries were given privileged access both to indigenous peoples and ...
Parsons, Chris
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Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.A‐to‐I editing of miRNAs, particularly miR‐200b‐3p, contributes to HGSOC progression by enhancing cancer cell proliferation, migration and 3D growth. The edited form is linked to poorer patient survival and the identification of novel molecular targets.
Magdalena Niemira +14 more
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