AIM to obtain a valid and reliable GERD-QOL questionnaire for Indonesian application. METHODS at the initial stage, the GERD-QOL questionnaire was first translated into Indonesian language and the translated questionnaire was subsequently translated back into the original language (back-to-back translation). The results were evaluated by the researcher team and therefore, an Indonesian versio...

“You see doctor, when I found out you had Marfan syndrome and I saw that you were pregnant, I felt so jealous I could not stand it. Then I realized, if you did it, maybe I could, too.” My mind raced with ways to respond. I did not answer as quickly as usual. She took my pause as an opportunity to continue... “You know, I love my foster babies. I feel so blessed. It’s just hard to wake up every ...

This paper discusses what it means to be a good qualitative researcher. The aim is to deliberately blur the distinction between epistemic and ethical goodness by arguing that there is a close connection between being a good qualitative researcher in the epistemic and the ethical senses. First, the relation between researcher and researched is articulated as a power relation giving rise to certa...

the purpose of this study was to investigate the motives of participants in sport for all in rasht city. 3000 individuals participated in exercises and sports in eight centers of sport for all out of which 700 participants were selected as the sample. the instrument of this study was a researcher-made questionnaire which consisted of 30 closed questions. these questions measured 5 major motives...