PURPOSE This study sought to determine the rate of advance directive completion among US oncologists and factors influencing such a decision. METHODS We surveyed 7590 members of the American Society of Clinical Oncology using a web-based questionnaire. RESULTS The response rate was 8.1%. Most respondents (59%) had completed at least 1 document: 9% living will, 9% power of attorney for healt...

A lot of confusion and misunderstanding has been created by several commentators on the issue of non-performing loans (NPLs) of banking system. They take the absolute amount of such loans at the current point of time and compare it with the quantum of such loans in October 1999 and make a hue and cry that the situation has deteriorated because the quantum of NPLs has gone up. Such a simplistic ...

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui gambaran kebahagiaan otentik biarawati yang memiliki orang tua muslim. Responden dalam penelitian terdapat tiga dari Kongregasi Puteri Kasih. Karakteristik responden adalah sudah memasuki masa bina lanjut dan latar belakang menggunakan pendekatan kualitatif dengan metode fenomenologi. Berdasarkan hasil analisis data dipahami bahwa dapat dilihat bagaiman...

abstract background: stillbirth is one of the deepest losses that can inflict a broad range of cognitive, mental, spiritual, and physical turmoil. many researchers believe that the failure to provide the care required by health teams during the hard times is the main determinant of maternal mental health in the future. in other words, social support can significantly improve the mental health o...

here we consider the p-center problem on different types of fuzzy networks. in particular, we are interested in the networks with interval and triangular fuzzy arc lengths and vertex-weights. a methodology to obtain the best satisfaction level of the decision maker who wishes to reduce the cost within the tolerance limits is proposed. illustrative examples are provided.