At the dawn of this century, the European Commission launched the Lisbon Strategy, which was revisited in 2010 with the Europe 2020 Strategy for a smart, sustainable and inclusive economy. In order to put the strategy into a more concrete form, the concept of the ‘Knowledge Triangle (KT)’ has been introduced. It links together Research, Education and Innovation and sheds some new light on the I...

The proposal that mental health workers should explicitly train to become ‘recovery-oriented practitioners’ has been gathering pace for over a decade (O’Hagan 2001; National Institute for Mental Health in England 2004a). It is now supported by professional endorsements (Care Services Improvement Partnership 2007), national policy (Department of Health 2011), advocacy from non-statutory organisa...

Aircraft carriers, electrical power grids, and wildland firefighting, though seemingly different, are exemplars of high reliability organizations (HROs)--organizations that have the potential for catastrophic failure yet engage in nearly error-free performance. HROs commit to safety at the highest level and adopt a special approach to its pursuit. High reliability organizing has been studied an...

While pregnancy among end-stage kidney disease patients is rare, the number of females becoming pregnant has been increasing worldwide during last decade. The frequency conception in this patient group reported to be between 0.3% and 7% per year. aim review summarize latest guidelines practice points for ensuring best outcome both fetus mother.