This review aimed to identify the unmet supportive care needs to conduct an integrative review of the literature, to identify the unmet supportive care needs of Arab people affected by cancer (patients and caregivers), and the impact of these needs on quality of life and psychosocial well-being. In July 2015 databases, search engines and electronic list servers were searched, with no limit on t...

BACKGROUND Police officers are routinely exposed to potentially traumatic incidents yet the majority do not develop post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Social support has been identified as one factor that may maintain wellbeing in this population, although what constitutes supportive or unsupportive interactions is unclear. OBJECTIVE To explore police officers' experiences of supportive a...

Follow-up data (mean 9 months) were obtained for 74 subjects who had been treated for a mean of 8 months and 17 sessions in a controlled comparison of Behavioral vs Supportive Counselling for drug abuse. Based on urinalysis, self-report, and family report, all subjects (100%) were actively using drugs at pre-treatment. During the last month of treatment, 81% of the Supportive treatment subjects...

OBJECTIVE To describe family caregivers' experiences with palliative care services in rural communities. DESIGN Qualitative study. SETTING Manitoulin Island, Ont. PARTICIPANTS Thirteen family caregivers of 12 deceased patients who had received palliative care services. METHOD Twenty-five family caregivers were recruited by mail and local newspaper. Eight were excluded because they lived...

The central question posed in this paper will be how to organize board composition in order to ensure responsible corporate governance both from a CSR and a good governance perspective. Adopting a stakeholder approach to corporate governance, we analyze the arguments given by different theoretical approaches for linking specific board composition with financial performance and CSR, and discuss ...

AMA Siyah Sangi M, Nabavi FH, Heidarian Miri H, Marvi Langari Abadi F. Enhancing family nursing practice: The effect of a supportive-educational programme on the practice, satisfaction and perceived support in intensive care unit. Family Medicine & Primary Care Review. 2023;25(2):121-127. doi:10.5114/fmpcr.2023.127678. APA Sangi, M., Nabavi, H., Miri, Langari, Abadi, (2023). Review, 25(2), 121-...

BACKGROUND Family culture and beliefs are passed through the generations within families and influence what constitutes appropriate infant care. This includes infant feeding decisions where a family history and support network congruent with women's infant feeding intentions has been shown to be important to women's breastfeeding experience. This is reflected in breastfeeding rates where women ...