Conceptualizing Dementia Crisis and Preferences for Resolution: A Public Perspective

Proactive approaches to identifying dementia and dementia risk; a qualitative study of public attitudes and preferences

OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to critically explore the views of the public about the acceptability and feasibility of proactive approaches to earlier dementia diagnosis and also identification of people at high risk of dementia. DESIGN Qualitative study using task group methodology and thematic data analysis. SETTING Task groups were held either at the university (n=5) or at a carer...

Factors Affecting the Preferences of Primigravida Women for Choosing a Public Hospital

Introduction: Finding the factors affecting patients’ tendency to a hospital, can improve the health system. The purpose of this study was to recognize the factors affecting primigravidas’ preferences to select a public hospital, in order to determine the correlation on these preferences. Methods: In this cross-sectional study, 220 p...

Public Relations Perspective to Manage Conflict in a Public Health Crisis, A

Evaluating and revisiting the public government: a policy feedback perspective

Existing models of quality evaluation in public sector are mainly derived from the approaches within private sector. These models which represented by the New Public Management (NPM) paradigm, don&rsquot reflect the fundamental values of public administration, which are the very essence of the discipline and contrasting it from private sector. These core values, such as democratic citizenship, ...

Conceptualizing reproductive loss: a social sciences perspective.

This paper defines and explores reproductive loss and, drawing on a social sciences perspective, reflects on the lack of attention that has been given to the subject within the study of human fertility. The authors argue that whilst reproductive loss (broadly defined) is exceptionally common, scholars have - with some exceptions - focused on the study of reproductive 'success', and continue to ...