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Gangrenous Cholecystitis in an Urban VA Hospital
Journal of Surgical Research, 1994Gangrenous cholecystitis is an advanced form of acute cholecystitis associated with increased morbidity and mortality. We sought to determine the incidence of gangrenous cholecystitis in an urban VA hospital patient population and identify any distinguishing characteristics that may aid in its preoperative diagnosis.
A K, Wilson +4 more
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Home touring as hospitable urbanism
Journal of Urbanism: International Research on Placemaking and Urban Sustainability, 2015AbstractThis paper twins theories of urbanism and feminist hospitality in exploring the practice of historic home touring as demonstrative of hospitable urbanism, an ethical opening of self and neighborhood to strangers. In Phoenix, Arizona, the quintessential “ahistorical” sprawling metropolis, historic home touring is particularly evocative.
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Teenage pregnancy in an urban hospital setting
Journal of Community Health, 1986Recent research suggests that adverse consequences of teenage pregnancy are largely a function of social background factors and adequacy of prenatal care. This study examines the situation of young mothers with new babies in a low income, urban environment.
J K, Davis +4 more
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Urbanization as Measured by Hospitalization
American Sociological Review, 1940E VER SINCE Charles J. Galpin began his work in Wisconsin on the structure of the rural community,' social ecologists have been attempting to find additional indices by which social interaction between a center and its outlying territory can be measured.
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Birth-Control Education in an Urban Hospital
Psychiatric Services, 1969(44) antipsychotic medications when a patient becomes pregnant, so that some patients who are adjusting at home on a maintenance dosage suffer a relapse and must be hospitalized again. Most mental hospitals have a high proportion of impulsive, impressionable, and often frankly prorniscuous youngsters-a very high risk group for out-ofwedlock pregnancies.
A M, Mesnikoff, S, Matorin
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Hospitality Marketing Strategies in Urban Events
The global expansion of tourism has provided several benefits for local economies, since it is not only responsible for creating jobs in several areas but also plays a crucial role in the development of new infrastructures, which is reflected in an increase in the value and relevance of regions, namely by specializing in organizing events and creating ...Liberato, Dália +4 more
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Introduction: Clinical Ethics Beyond the Urban Hospital
HEC Forum, 2015Bioethics, and subsequently clinical ethics, developed primarily out of concerns that arose in the context of urban academic acute-care medicine. The ‘‘life and death’’ conversations in the field’s early years predominantly culminated around questions about proper use of sophisticated life-sustaining technologies, technology that, at the time, could ...
Erica K, Salter, Joseph T, Norris
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Benchmarking urban acute care hospitals
Health Care Management Review, 2013Over the last couple of decades, hospitals in the United States are facing pressures to maximize performance in terms of production efficiency and quality. An increasing emphasis on value-based purchasing on the part of third-party payers as well as the prevalence of pay for performance initiatives create an imperative for more accurate assessments of ...
Preethy, Nayar +3 more
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City Hospitals and Urban Hospital Systems
Urban hospitals represent a critical facet of the medical system in the United States, yet they have only recently emerged as a central, organizing focus of scholarly research. While work in the fields of history of medicine, health-care policy, sociology, public health, and urban history have frequently touched on the role of hospitals located in ...openaire +1 more source
Supervisory Communication and Performance in Urban Hospitals
Journal of Communication, 1973The relationship between the communicative effectiveness of hospital supervisory personnel and their performance as perceived by subordinate workers was examined through use of questionnaire interview. Communicative effectiveness measures included (1) perceived communication behavior, (2) frequency and amount of communication between supervisors and ...
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