Origins of public health nursing in Israel.

“Sell an Ox” - The Price of Cure for Hepatitis C in Two Countries

Chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection, associated with severe liver disease and cancer, affects 70 million people worldwide. New treatments with direct-acting-antivirals offer cure for about 95% of affected individuals; however, treatment costs may be prohibitive in both the poorest and richest nations. Opting for cure may require sacrificing essential household ass...

Strengthening Israel’s neonatal intensive care nursing workforce

Israel is experiencing a shortage of both physicians and nurses in a number of specialties, including neonatal intensive care. Inadequate hospital staffing and high patient demand contribute to the blurring of professional scope of practice boundaries between nurses and physicians. Striking similarities exist between the situation in Israel and the health services landscape in the United States...

Florence Nightingale and the early origins of evidence-based nursing.

Florence Nightingale is now a much ignored historical figure. The publication of the Collected Works of Florence Nightingale by Wilfred Laurier University Press, beginning in 2001, will outline her enormous contribution not only to the foundation of the nursing profession but also to the establishment of a public healthcare system. The Collected Works will include her published works and many u...

The Health Policy and Management (HPAM) Gap- From Diagnosis to Prescription: A Response to Recent Commentaries

Preferences among diseases on a genetic susceptibility test for common health conditions: an ancillary study of the multiplex initiative.

a Department of Nursing and Health Studies, University of Washington Bothell, Bothell, Wash. , USA; b Department of Psychology, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv , Israel; c Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, University of Michigan School of Public Health, Ann Arbor, Mich. , and d Department of Biostatistics and Research Epidemiology, Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, Mich. , USA;...