Despite remarkable advances in basic biomedical science that have led to improved patient care, there is a wide and persistent gap in the abilities of researchers and clinicians to understand and appreciate each other. In this Editorial, the authors, a scientist and a clinician, discuss the rift between practitioners of laboratory research and clinical medicine. Using their first-hand experienc...

Clinical and public health research depends on factors including national systems, socio-cultural influences, and access to organisations and individuals. As a 'new' country, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has yet to develop strong support for population research. However, there is interest in research. The challenges for quantitative and qualitative research include the varied composition and ...

The complications of unsafe, illegal abortions are a significant cause of maternal mortality in Botswana. The stigma attached to abortion leads some women to seek clandestine procedures, or alternatively, to carry the fetus to term and abandon the infant at birth. I conducted research into perceptions of abortion in urban Botswana in order to understand the social and cultural obstacles to wome...

this study was conducted to identify self-directed and external professional development obstacles facing primary school efl teachers in southern zone of tigray region in ethiopia. the participants of the study were 63 primary school efl teachers, 10 school principals and 2 clusters of supervisors. school teachers were selected using random sampling technique whereas school principals and clust...

CMAJ • NOVEMBER 18, 2008 • 179(11) © 2008 Canadian Medical Association or its licensors 1119 The president of the country once scoffed at the notion. Some scientists fear it may ultimately prove counterproductive because it may persuade some men to take fewer precautions during sex. Others say the country’s primitive health care system compounds the problem. The system lacks the resources and t...

The modern business environment is characterised by constant economic upheaval and incessant technological changes and the pace of change has accelerated with the emergence of the Internet. Consequently the management of technological change has become a major challenge for almost all organisations. Increasingly researchers have refocused their attention from planned models of change management...

This anthropological study critically evaluates Brazilian caregivers’ symbolic production and significance of their malnourished offspring’s primary teeth, as well as their own, and describes popular dental practices. From January to June 2004, ethnographic interviews of 27 poor, lowliteracy mothers were conducted at a public Malnutrition Treatment Center in Fortaleza, Ceará State. Participant ...

INTRODUCTION Primary care residencies are expected to provide training in cultural competence. However, we have insufficient information about the perceptions of stakeholders actually involved in healthcare (i.e. residents, faculty and patients) regarding commonly encountered cross-cultural barriers and the skills required to overcome them. METHOD This study used a total of 10 focus groups to...