There have been significant developments in epidemiologic methodology during the past century, including changes in basic concepts, methods of data analysis, and methods of exposure measurement. However, the rise of modern epidemiology has been a mixed blessing, and the new paradigm has major shortcomings, both in public health and scientific terms. The changes in the paradigm have not been neu...

Middle East hospitals make all the efforts to manage patient safety in an effective and efficient manner. When the culture of blame and other factors exist, patient safety management efforts and the adaptability of the system can be affected. This manuscript embraced a qualitative exploration of Factors Shaping Patient Safety Management in the Middle East Hospitals from Nursing Perspective. A s...

This article explores the commonly held belief that nurses are to blame for the high rate of medication administration errors in health care. The article argues for a need to move away from a culture of blame and to consider changes to medicine and the increasing complexity of administration as potential reasons for error. Medicine administration should be viewed within the wider context of hea...

Today management by fear is ubiquitous. Managers do not trust workers and micromanagement is rife. Such behaviours and cultures lead to suboptimal performance. This paper therefore revisits one of the major components of a Total Quality Management (TQM) culture identified by Dr W.E. Deming as the primary duty of every manager – the removal of fear from the workplace. The paper explores, through...

This article provides a decolonial feminist analysis of Latinx artist Scherezade García’s most recent portable mural, Blame it on the bean: power Coffee (2019), created for and installed in café library The People’s Forum, “movement incubator working class marginalized communities” “collective action” heart Manhattan. artwork depicts three allegorical women convening over cups coffee, one which...