Inquiry into high mortality of GPs' patients finds no wrongdoing

Submission No 8 INQUIRY INTO IMPACT OF GAMBLING

Health Bulletin No. 27. Abstract of the Report of an Inquiry into the Causes of Maternal Mortality in Calcutta

An inquiry into the concept of information poverty

Background and Aim: The purpose of this paper is to examine the concept of information poverty, its levels and its causes in society    Methods: The article is a review-analytical paper.  Results: The findings show that information poverty is part of the larger problem of poverty and results from socioeconomic, educational and infrastructural issues. Information poverty can be discussed at mac...

An investigation into GPs with high patient mortality rates: a retrospective study.

BACKGROUND As part of the work of the Shipman Inquiry, five general practitioners (GPs) in West Sussex were identified as having excessively high mortality rates. The aim of this study was to identify reasons for the higher-than-expected mortality rates of these five GPs. METHODS A retrospective analysis was made of routine mortality and patient registration data from primary-care practices i...

Inquiry into Scientific Correctness of the Elementary School Farsi Textbooks

Inquiry into Scientific Correctness of the Elementary School Farsi Textbooks   H. Ghamari, Ph.D.*   Scientific validity or correctness is of paramount importance when it comes to the contents of textbooks used in elementary schools, as the very foundations of learners’ knowledge is constructed therein. Hence, an analysis of these contents from this perspective is necessary in order to guide...