The Chaplain and the Social Worker Even if we disregard the opinion of those who believe that the most important function of a chaplain in a mental hospital is to run the patients' library, I think we must admit that a chaplain's duties are such that he must perforce be very much involved in attending to the social needs of patients and staff. I should feel sorry however, for the newly appointe...

How age-conscious are human resource policies? Using a survey of Dutch employers, we examine how employers deal with the prospect of an ageing work force. We supplement our analysis with an additional survey of Dutch employees to compare human resource policies to practices. Results show that a small minority of employers are taking measures to enhance productivity (training programmes) or brin...

conclusions here, we discuss the pathogenesis of the rare entity of splenic hydatid cysts and the various treatment options available. background hydatid cyst, a zoonosis caused by echinococcus granulosus, is the only recognized parasitic cysts of the spleen and is known to be at least twice as common as the non-parasitic variety. case presentation a 35 year old woman presented with a one-year ...

Military welfare is a major yet abstract sub-field of warfare studies and history, which interrogates the multitude welfare, care, medical provisions social policies that have existed at different times within political spaces relative to for benefit armed forces personnel their families or dependents. As scholarly project military history both well developed still evolving. It comprises substa...