background workforce motivation and retention is important for the functionality and quality of service delivery in health systems of developing countries. despite huge primary healthcare (phc) infrastructure, pakistan’s health indicators are not impressive; mainly because of under-utilization of facilities and low patient satisfaction. one of the major underlying issues is staff absenteeism. t...

background: epidemiology is the base of public health and preventive medicine. this study was conducted to identify the rate of awareness and attitude of 1000 fars general physicians about epidemiology science in 2010 methods: the present study performed as cross-sectional on working general physicians (gps) in 20 of fars provinces in 1-stage cluster sampling. in the study, factors such as age,...

background and purpose: professionalism refers to the professional character and manners of an individual, which encompasses different attributes and a lifestyle reflecting responsibility and commitment. effective communication between physicians and nurses enhances the quality of patient care, reduces medical errors. over the years, there have been repeated admonitions to improve nurse-physici...