Can We Understand the Clinical Biology of Gastric Cancer and Exploit it? May be, but It is a Challenge!

“Not Everything That Is Faced Can Be Changed, but Nothing Can Be Changed Until It Is Faced”: A Response to Recent Commentaries

What Is Resilience and How Can It Be Nurtured? A Systematic Review of Empirical Literature on Organizational Resilience

Background Recent health system shocks such as the Ebola outbreak of 2014–2016 and the global financial crisis of 2008 have generated global health interest in the concept of resilience. The concept is however not new, and has been applied to other sectors for a longer period of time. We conducted a review of empirical literature from both the health and other sectors to synthesize evidence on ...

There Is an ‘Unconscious,’ but It May Well Be Conscious

Depth psychology finds empirical validation today in a variety of observations that suggest the presence of causally effective mental processes outside conscious experience. I submit that this is due to misinterpretation of the observations: the subset of consciousness called "meta-consciousness" in the literature is often mistaken for consciousness proper, thereby artificially creating space f...

The meaning of "socialization of health" to Iranian policymakers and how it can be implemented

Complex nature of health and disease, the impact of various socioeconomic factors on the health system arrangements and health of the society, and also the impact of health on the social and economic conditions of the society require a social approach to health. This necessity has led to the creation of new policies and programs, under the name of socialization of health, to strengthen the soci...

Leadership Can Be Learned, But How Is It Measured?

How does leadership development contribute to measurable changes in organizational performance, that is, behavior changes in teams and the results they produce that contribute to the organization’s overall goals? How should we explore and document the performance factors and experiences of participants to understand the influences of a leadership program? To answer these questions, Management S...