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Assessment of Patient Experience During Active Surveillance for Prostate Cancer

Journal of Patient Experience
Active surveillance is a preferred strategy for patients with low-risk prostate cancer to delay and/or avoid side effects of treatment. While its impact on health-related quality of life (HRQOL) has been studied, factors influencing follow-up adherence ...
Devon M. Langston, Matthew J. DePuccio, Ann Scheck McAlearney, Sooyoung Kim, Alice A. Gaughan, Alicia Scimeca, Shawn Dason, Tasha Posid, John O. DeLancey   +8 more
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Care Management and Cost Control in Pediatric Accountable Care Organizations: A Comparative Case Study [PDF]

Health Economics and Management Review
As accountable care organizations have proliferated across the healthcare landscape, research into the factors contributing to accountable care organization development for adults has identified useful approaches to managing care under this care model ...
Ann Scheck McAlearney, Jennifer L. Hefner, Rajitha D. Venkatesh, Daniel M. Walker   +3 more
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Framing purposeful evaluation through critical systems thinking [PDF]

, 2007
Two traditions of practice – evaluation and systems – share three significant concerns regarding development intervention: (i) making sense of complex interrelationships and the continual change brought about by such relationships; (ii) engaging with ...
Reynolds, Martin
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Feasibility and Preliminary Efficacy of Integrative Neuromuscular Training for Childhood Cancer Survivors: A Pilot Study

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Survivors of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) often exhibit early deficits in muscle and movement competence, which can compromise long‐term health. Integrative neuromuscular training (INT), a multifaceted approach combining fundamental movement activities with strength exercises, may help address these deficits during ...
Anna Maria Markarian, Robert U. Newton, Dennis R. Taaffe, Nicholas G. Gottardo, Santosh Valvi, Carolyn J. Peddle‐McIntyre, Jodie Cochrane Wilkie, Daniel A. Galvão   +7 more
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Systems Thinking Principles for Making Change

Systems
Traditionally, systems thinking support has relied on an ever-increasing plethora of systems tools, methods, and approaches. Arguably though, such support requires something different from, and more accessible than, detailed instruction on somewhat ...
Martin Reynolds
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Redesigning Systems Thinking

FORMakademisk, 2017
The resent movement of Systemic Design seeks for new synergies between Design and Systems. While the usefulness of systems approaches in design has been fairly obvious, this paper argues that many core concepts in design are beneficial in systems ...
Birger Sevaldson
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Equity-focused developmental evaluation using critical systems thinking [PDF]

, 2012
Developmental evaluation questions the ethical basis of an intervention in terms of whether it’s ‘doing the right thing’ rather than merely ‘doing things right’.
Reynolds, Martin
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Clinical and Biological Features of Response in Resistant Neuroblastoma to 131I‐Metaiodobenzylguanidine Radiotherapy in the Anti‐GD2 Immunotherapy Era

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background 131I‐metaiodobenzylguanidine (131I‐MIBG) radiotherapy is a key treatment for relapsed and refractory (R/R) neuroblastoma (NB). Patients with R/R disease treated in the modern era are increasingly exposed to anti‐GD2 immunotherapy, which exerts selective pressure and may modify both tumor cell state and microenvironment.
Benjamin J. Lerman, Katherine K. Matthay, Fabienne Hollinger, Catriona Black, Ann A. Lazar, Miguel Pampaloni, Steven G. DuBois, Kieuhoa T. Vo   +7 more
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A Journey Through Grief: Experiences of Loss Among Patients With Long COVID

Journal of Patient Experience
Long COVID is a growing health concern with data continuing to emerge about the psychosocial consequences of this new chronic condition. We aimed to improve understanding of the experiences of patients with Long COVID, focusing on emotional impacts ...
Ann Scheck McAlearney ScD, MS, Leanna P Eiterman PhD, Elizabeth Mayers MS, Jennifer L Eramo MSN, RN, Sarah R MacEwan PhD   +4 more
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(WP 2011-01) Kenneth Boulding as a Moral Scientist [PDF]

, 2011
Kenneth Boulding’s AEA presidential address argued that economics is a moral science. His view derived from his general systems theory thinking, his three systems view of human society, and his early contributions to evolutionary economics.
Davis, John
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