The US Health and Human Services Department plans to spend $11 million over the next 5 years in demonstration projects designed to provide care for people with AIDS who live along the US-Mexico border. The grant, announced by US Health and Human Services Secretary Donna E. Shalala on World AIDS Day, December 1, will first be awarded to 4 projects in each of the 4 border states, Arizona, Califor...

Background: Emergency department congestion is among the major barriers to receiving nursing care for high-priority conditions, like ischemic heart disease. Therefore, it can affect patients’ satisfaction with the quality of care. This study aimed to investigate satisfaction with emergency care among patients with ischemic heart disease. Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted on 600...

A 28 year-old lady presented in OPD with complaints of progressive spastic quadriparesis. Bowel and bladder involvement was present. MRI of the cervical spine done outside revealed a well-defined oval heterogeneous T2 hyperintense and T1 hypointense intradural extramedullary mass lesion extending from upper border of C5 to lower border of D1 spinal level. Patient was planned for surgery; howeve...

Doctor-patient communication is important in all medical consultations including for In Vitro Fertilisation (IVF) treatment. An unfavourable experience can cause a patient to stop taking the treatment, move another local fertility clinic, or even seek treatment abroad. There are still few studies documenting experiences of patients with infertility seeking reproductive other countries. This stu...

background: nowadays, quality of patient care is one of the major and important concerns of health care delivery which is extremely dependent on the medical staff. objectives: the purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between quality of work life (qwl) and quality of patient care. methods: this study was a descriptive-analytic study based on correlation which was conducted i...

Purpose: The research aimed at investigating the pre-conditions and decision-making process by which physician-entrepreneurs adopt CBHCS as part of their business. Method: study uses case method investigation. Main results: Results showed that, in cases studied, international experience networking are relevant characteristics physician-entrepreneur, besides country reputation, cultural language...