The fact that resources for health care are limited has been found as a rationale for the development of pharmacoeconomics. Pharmacoeconomic analysis identifies, measures and compares the costs and the economic, clinical and humanistic outcomes of diseases, drug therapies and programmes directed to these diseases. As health care expenditures have escalated over the past decades, the number of i...

Previous studies demonstrated that different academic contexts could have different effects on moral development, i.e. in most cases formal education enhances moral reasoning, but sometime erodes it (for example for medical students). The aim of this study was to examine differences in moral reasoning among students of different academic disciplines (health care, law, social sciences and humani...

Operations Research, OR, and Management Science, MS, methodologies attempt to aid "human decision-making" for the improvement of various performance indecies in operation and control of complex "humanistic systems". A historical review of Zadeh's papers and fuzzy system applications reveal that OR, and MS applications were started early in the development of fuzzy systems, even before the adven...

BACKGROUND This was a systematic review of the literature in accordance with the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) statement. Evidence mapping was used to reveal the effect of drug reminder packaging on medication adherence, to identify research gaps and to make suggestions for future research. METHODS PubMed, Embase, CINAHL and PsycINFO were searched...

This article analyses some factors that interfere in the quality of nursing practice, focusing, particularly on the professional nursing practice. It brings about a critical approach of this acting, based on the assumption that the care process is the essence of the nursing work. The nurse's professional autonomy is considered as an important issue to be renewed by a new scientific paradigm, th...

Type 2 diabetes is a chronic disease occurring in ever increasing numbers worldwide. It contributes significantly to the cost of health globally; however, its management remains in the most part less than optimal. Patients must be empowered to self-manage their disease, and they do this in partnership with health care professionals. Whilst the traditional role of the pharmacist has been centere...

The authors describe the first 11 academic years (2005-2006 through 2016-2017) of a longitudinal, small-group faculty development program for strengthening humanistic teaching and role modeling at 30 U.S. and Canadian medical schools that continues today. During the yearlong program, small groups of participating faculty met twice monthly with a local facilitator for exercises in humanistic tea...

21W.746 Humanistic Perspectives on Medicine Hippocratic Oath, Final Draft 2/24/05 The Hippocratic Oath Adapted by Modern Technology and Society As a responsible medical professional, I swear by my faith and on my honor that... I will always hold the health and well-being of my patient as my primary consideration. I will treat my patient to the best of my abilities and call for assistance from m...