The purpose of this study was to identify perceived barriers to independent community living and employment among clients and staff members in a transitional living facility for persons with AIDS. This qualitative study used focus groups to collect these perceptions from staff members (N = 21) and clients (N = 16). Whereas staff identified both systemic and personal barriers, clients only ident...

We used consensual qualitative research to analyze interviews with 12 clients about their termination from psychotherapy. Those who had positive termination experiences reported a strong therapeutic relationship and positive outcomes of therapy. They terminated primarily for logistical or financial reasons; their termination, post-termination plans, and feelings about termination were discussed...

This chapter addresses the second research question to explore the relationship characteristics of the clients and possible threat of discontinuity of bank-client relationships driven from exogenous factors such as external shocks and competitor moves and endogenous factors such as dissatisfaction. This exploratory study is a starting point to further discuss an explanatory analysis of the clie...

clients In reference to the letters from Drs Barber and Waters1 and Dr Matiluko2 published in the January 2008 issue of the Journal on Implanon® failure and antiretroviral therapy, we were dismayed to see obsolete advice on the management of overweight clients discussed. The letter from Tristan Barber1 states that: “earlier replacement of Implanon at 2 years is consistent with current advice”. ...

by Almoners and Family Caseworkers. (Published for the Family Welfare Association by the Faith Press. 8s. 6d. net.) This is the report of a project which aimed "to see how far casework could be used in the preventive field" and "to re-define the circumstances in which people with problems could more easily use the setting of a voluntary casework agency than that of a hospital". In the preface t...

We consider the problem of cooperative data exchange in a group of wireless clients. In this problem each client initially holds a subset of packets and needs to obtain all packets held by other clients. Each client can broadcast its own packets or a combinations thereof to other clients via an error-free broadcast channel. Assuming that clients know which packets are available to other clients...