introduction: to promote the processes of providing medical services, patient's rights and establishing uniformity in treatment policy, the evaluation quality indexes were communicated to all general hospitals in 2002. this study evaluates the implementation of managed care guideline before their communication as evaluation quality indexes of hospitals and their relationship with communication ...

This article aimed to: (1) review the work carried out in Lanarkshire between 1996 and 1999 on a Scottish Executive funded project and (2) to discuss the situation from 1999 to 2006. (1) This 3-year project led to the successful development and implementation of over 100 integrated care pathways in an urban teaching hospital (Glasgow) and a district general hospital (Lanarkshire) and was the fi...

"Warming" are, on the other hand, very full, and include descriptions of the latest developments of mechanical ventilation. The remarks on the comparative value of ventilation by mechanical and natural means, and on the advantages of simplicity in this as in other points of hospital design, are judicious and well stated. We miss, in the account of methods proposed for the cremation of outgoing ...

1HE PURPOSE OF THIS ARTICLE is to present useful information and suggestions that have been found of practical value in a general hospital in dealing with problems arising from accidental, suicidal, and industrial intoxication. This material is based on background experience gained in the laboratory of Dr. A. 0. Gettler, Chief Toxicologist to the Medical Examiner of the City of New York, and in...

In 1867, the great American artist Winslow Homer created a woodcarving depicting a man standing alone, wielding a scythe against an endless field of wheat as tall as the man himself. The work is entitled The Veteran in a New Field. This image comes to mind when I contemplate the history of dietary fiber and disease prevention. The idea that dietary fiber from foods like whole grains may have he...

The edible flowers of Caragana sinica are used in China a kind of healthpromoting vegetable. In this study, the antioxidant activities of its ethanol extract, as well as its petroleum ether, ethyl acetate, n-butanol and water fractions, were evaluated through in vitro model systems including the DPPH, FRAP and β-carotene bleaching methods. Among the C. sinica flower extracts the ethyl acetate f...

A revolution is underway in health education and support for patients with, or at risk for, diabetes. This chapter will present examples of technology-enabled behavior change interventions that have the potential to lead this revolution in healthcare transformation. The seeds of the coming revolution have already been sown, though most of us can only see the emerging sprouts of these changes. T...

Christa K., Soral-Śmietana M. (2008): Buckwheat grains and buckwheat products – nutritional and prophylactic value of their components – a review. Czech J. Food Sci., 26: 153–162. Buckwheat is introduced into the diet as an alternative crop of renewed interest due to its nutritive and healthpromoting value. Experiments with animal models have demonstrated that buckwheat flour may alleviate diab...