BACKGROUND Doctors are aware of the commercial bias in pharmaceutical representative information; nevertheless, such information is known to change doctors' prescribing, and augment irrational prescribing and prescribing costs. AIM To explore GPs, reasons for receiving visits from pharmaceutical representatives. DESIGN OF STUDY Qualitative study with semi-structured interviews. SETTING On...

beyond its quantity, natural light has unique properties used intelligently in iranian historical architecture in order to transfer spiritual concepts. religious buildings are a good context for re-reading of light concept. due to its valuable place in iranian-islamic belief as well as its direct relationship with wisdom and philosophy, the qualitative presence of light in architecture, aimed a...

Background: Marketing has for many years been working to reduce environmental concerns by relying on ethics and presenting new marketing ideas such as green marketing. Therefore, the present study aimed to provide a model of the green marketing process in the pharmaceutical industry. Method: This applied research was conducted with a mixed (quantitative - qualitative) approach. In the qualitat...

OBJECTIVE To explore the factors that influence help seeking for mental distress by offenders. DESIGN Qualitative study based on in-depth interviews with prisoners before and after release. SETTING One category B local prison in southern England. PARTICIPANTS 35 male offenders aged 18-52, a quarter of whom had been flagged as being at risk of self harm. RESULTS Most respondents reported...

BACKGROUND Delayed access to antenatal care ('late booking') has been linked to increased maternal and fetal mortality and morbidity. The aim of this qualitative study was to understand why some women are late to access antenatal care. METHODS 27 women presenting after 19 completed weeks gestation for their first hospital booking appointment were interviewed, using a semi-structured format, i...

Many patients experience sleep disturbances and a reduced quality of sleep while hospitalised. Studies have shown that a person with a disease and/or a bodily injury has an increased need for sleep. Patients’ experiences of sleep should govern how sleep disturbances should be managed. It is thus necessary to focus upon and describe patients’ needs and experiences. The aim of this study was to e...

OBJECTIVES To investigate the causes of unintended pregnancies and, in particular, reasons for non-use of contraception among young women attending a day unit for surgical abortion. METHODS Women between the ages of 16 and 20 attending a day unit at a hospital in the north of England who were due to have, or had recently had, a surgical abortion were interviewed about their knowledge of and v...

abstract background : infectious disease control is one of the important components of patient care which can assist in reducing morbidity and mortality. source isolation is one of the strategies that have used in order to prevent from the spread of contagious infectious diseases. since nursing student should be able to do the caring in source isolation patients after learning the principles, i...

Title: Managers' perceptions of the manager role in relation to physicians: a qualitative interview study of the top managers in Swedish healthcare

An in-depth qualitative interview study is reported, with respondents (N=52; all female) from the following urban-dwelling religious groups: White Christian, Pakistani Muslim, Indian Hindu, Orthodox Jewish and Afro-Caribbean Christian. Qualitative thematic analysis of open-ended interview responses revealed that the degree to which religious coping strategies were perceived to be effective in t...