Protecting Patients from Egregious Wrongdoing by Physicians: Consensus Recommendations from State Medical Board Members and Staff

Autonomy and privacy: protecting patients from their physicians.

violence in the emergency department: physicians, medical staff, and patients

Dignity and respect for nurses with different levels of experience from physicians, colleagues, patients and their family members

Background and Purpose: Experience and clinical competence are the important factors affecting the level of dignity and respect for nurses. This study aimed to evaluate the observance rate of respect for nurses from physicians, colleagues, patients and their family members. Methods: This study was conducted on 200 nurses selected by census sampling from hospitals of Sanandaj, Kurdistan, Iran...

Protecting children from abuse and neglect: analysis and recommendations.

On December 15, 1997, the cover of People magazine showed the solemn and frightened face of a two-year-old named Peter who was on his way to a New York City shelter after violence broke out in his home. The article inside the magazine, called “A Day in the Life,” was unusual in its approach to the emotional issue of child abuse. Rather than give a wrenching account of Peter’s experiences, it fo...

patients satisfaction from their consultant physicians in Shiraz

the present study was designed to investigate a quantitative method for evaluation of patients satisfaction from their consultant physicians.seventy eight physicians were selected randomly by systematic sampling method from a total of 421 consultant physicians practicing in Shiraz.ten patients were selected randomly for each consultant physician that results in a sample of 780 patients.a questi...