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We have investigated attitudes towards abortion and the right to conscientious objection among medical students early and late in their studies at the four medical schools. Student satisfaction with the teaching on abortion was also surveyed....
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PMID: 21946594
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In response to concern about lengthy waiting times for cancer treatment in the UK, the Department of Health introduced 'the colorectal cancer target referral scheme' to improve the referral process for suspected cancer. A user-centred web-based intranet software was developed reflect...
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PMID: 21848449
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We wanted to explore how psychotherapists from various theoretical affiliations handle difficult impasses in therapy, in a way that they experience helps the therapeutic process towards further constructive development. DESIGN. We purposefully sampled 12 highly skilled and experienced therapists fro...
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PMID: 21810105
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Objectives. Patient expectancy has been regarded as an important predictor of psychotherapy outcome, for more than half a century. In recent years, some evidence has emerged indicating that the therapeutic alliance may mediate the association between expectancy and outcome. Design. In this disman...
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PMID: 21810107
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HIV notifications among men who have sex with men (MSM) in Victoria, Australia, have increased recently. Early HIV diagnosis is a prevention strategy that requires general practitioners (GP) to recognise at-risk individuals and perform screening. Sexual history taking is part of this process.
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PMID: 21851775
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To evaluate the prescribing practices of Australian dispensing doctors (DDs) and to explore their interpretations of the findings.
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PMID: 21843116
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In this survey study, graduates of the University of Western Ontario program for foreign-trained dentists from 1999 to 2009 were asked for their perceptions of their knowledge and skill in fourteen clinical topic areas before they were admitted to the program and after graduation. Their ratings were...
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PMID: 21828304
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Dentists and dental students can be exposed to the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), hepatitis B virus (HBV), and hepatitis C virus (HCV) during routine work. The aims of this study were to assess a group of dental students' knowledge about HIV, HBV, and HCV infections; assess their attitudes and r...
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PMID: 21828306
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Our study confirms that there is a high degree of acceptance of the rubber dam when it is compulsory to use. The reasons for the refusal during the daily workload of a practice remain unclear, but appear to be independent of the material or design available. A new design does not necessarily imply b...
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PMID: 21740241
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Societal expectations raise the issue of the nature of a profession and a profession's relationship with society. Influential policy leaders want reform of the oral health workforce and delivery system in such a manner as to ensure that improvements are made for accessing care, particularly for vulne...
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PMID: 21905546
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York District Hospital emergency department (ED) piloted a scheme in which GPs work alongside ED staff. By seeing and treating minor cases, the GPs allowed ED staff more time to care for acutely ill patients, thereby reducing waiting times and the rate of inappropriate attendance, and improving patie...
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PMID: 21877614
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Implementing an electronic health record (EHR) system that links medical facilities in three states taught PeaceHealth these valuable lessons: Establish clinical standards. Talk to clinicians early on. Look for an EHR with clinical decision support capabilities.
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PMID: 21789950
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The trained group scheduled fewer restorations for replacement (6.00±3.01 and 9.71±3.15; p=0.034), in a shorter time (27.86±3.45 mins and 36.71±3.74 mins; p=0.003) and showed greater agreement with the study's gold standard for restoration replacement (0.85±0.27 and 0.79±0.06; p=0.002). Conclu...
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PMID: 21702675
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Objective. To continue efforts of quality assurance following a 5-year curricular mapping and course peer review process, 18 topics ("streams") of knowledge, skills, and attitudes were assessed across the doctor of pharmacy (PharmD) curriculum.Design. The curriculum committee merged the 18 topics int...
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PMID: 21829257
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Response rates were similar in the two groups (nonnumbered, 75.2%; numbered, 72.8%; difference, 2.4%; P=0.28). Five of the 42 questions had statistically significant differences in distributions, but these differences were small. Unexpectedly, in all five instances, the patient safety culture rating...
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PMID: 21641773
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Care Homes are usually seen as the last refuge for older people but residents are sometimes required to move between homes for administrative purposes. There is concern that such moves threaten their well-being and survival. Relocations have been contested repeatedly in court. A rece...
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PMID: 21642641
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Our results suggest that training addiction counselors to deliver group CBT for depression is a promising integrated treatment approach for co-occurring depression and substance disorders....
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PMID: 21626444
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To investigate how the prices were set in private dental care, which factors determined prices and whether the recent National Dental Care Reform had increased competition in the dental care market in Finland.
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PMID: 21780350
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I explore the influence of Medicare coverage decisions on treatments, clinical standards, and ethical necessity. Reflexive longevity-a relentless future-thinking about life itself-is one feature of this ethicality....
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PMID: 21834359
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Nurse educators are challenged by students who did not learn Standard American English as a primary language. It is not only language that makes these students stand out-cultural beliefs, values and practices need to be appreciated as well. The purpose of this article is to synthesize the current qu...
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PMID: 19645373
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Purpose. People from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds (CaLDBs) have lower rates of participation in cardiac rehabilitation (CR). Systematically evaluating barriers and facilitators to service delivery may decrease health inequalities. This study investigated approach...
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PMID: 21612732
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Among the core transitions in medical education is the one from medical school to residency. Despite this challenging transition, the final year of medical school is known as lacking structure and clarity. The authors examine the preparation of medical students for the professional and personal chall...
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PMID: 21617513
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Community nurses have a central role in the provision of palliative and end-of-life care; helping people to die with dignity is an important component of this care. To conserve dignity, care should comprise a broad range of actions addressing the distress that might impact on the patient's sense of d...
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PMID: 21642928
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Service-learning involvement can be a useful adjunct to a traditional educational experience and can provide clinical exposure in mental health practice settings for undergraduate nursing students. Education and practice collaboratives in community settings benefit community partners through the serv...
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PMID: 21524018
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To implement a role-reversal exercise to increase first-year pharmacy students' awareness of communication barriers in the health care setting, especially for deaf and hard-of-hearing patients.
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PMID: 21655407
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This literature review is part of a larger dissertation project that explores the lived experience of patients using long-term urinary catheters and nurses' attitudes towards urinary catheters. Systematic examination of the literature revealed six relevant primary research studies. T...
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PMID: 21537256
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Clinical practice experiences, while important, can be highly stressful for nursing students and have a deep effect on their subsequent professional development.
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PMID: 21455892
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Self-determination is a primary ethical principle underlying social work practice in health care settings. Since the 1970s, a right-to-die movement that shares the social work commitment to self-determination has grown and influences end-of-life care decisions. However, the role of c...
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PMID: 21553575
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Our data show how a memory clinic needs to take care of both patients and their caregivers, with particular stress on caregiver specific education and well-being....
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PMID: 21572492
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We explored the attitudes and beliefs of dental staff about the factors that helped or hindered the establishment and implementation of a hospital-based parent counselling program to manage existing, and prevent new, carious lesions in children. A further aim was to explore the influence of the prog...
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PMID: 21717832
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This UK-based empirical research investigates interprofessionalism and personalization to assess their potential to achieve quality care provision for people with long-term conditions. Governmental policies extol the virtues of interprofessionalism and personalization to drive modernization forward,...
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PMID: 21471921
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We interviewed 21 Chinese students, 24 non-Chinese students with English as a second language, and 7 native English-speaking students to identify the perception of the value of the intervention. Four themes emerged from the qualitative data: (1) Language is a barrier to achievement and affects self-...
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PMID: 21449529
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This audit was carried out to assess the level to which recall intervals were individually and appropriately selected for patients attending dental practices across a primary care trust (PCT) area in Essex.
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PMID: 21436798
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Incorporating health promotion strategies in practice, and in particular within healthy public policy based on the Ottawa Charter, is widely recognized as within the mandate of nursing, although evidence suggests that nurses are reluctant to take on this role. An innovative strategy was developed to...
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PMID: 21417191
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Informal drug shops are the first line of health care in many poor countries. In Uganda, these facilities commonly sell and administer the injectable contraceptive depot medroxyprogesterone acetate (DMPA), even though they are prohibited by law from selling any injectable drugs. It i...
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PMID: 21478085
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Studies report that students in health care professions do not retain knowledge of infection control and demonstrate poor hand hygiene compliance. This study describes the effect of a multifaceted approach (education, skills training, and monitoring) on nursing students' knowledge of infection contro...
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PMID: 21366164
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This paper is a report of a further analysis of data from an ethnographic study of the nature of communication between children and health professionals in a child hospital setting.
There is a paucity of research on the nature of communication between health professio...
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PMID: 21091913
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Reflective practice is an important skill for undergraduate medical students to acquire and nurture as they develop into medical professionals. There has been increasing interest over the past decade into when and how best to introduce reflection into medical curricula. This paper su...
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PMID: 21439141
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To determine the training needs and interests of volunteer pharmacy preceptors.
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PMID: 21451762
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To incorporate Fink's Taxonomy of Significant Learning into a course and determine whether doing so increased students' knowledge of and interest in healthcare policy.
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PMID: 21451768
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