The landscape of your career has changed. Yours and other organizations must increasingly rely on effective leadership at all levels to motivate people in new ways. Safety professionals have long been the mainstay of EHS performance. Even as methodologies evolve, new tools emerge, and thinking changes, organizations have counted on these practitioners to guide the core of EHS functioning. Still...

In their 2006 article, “The Role of the Student-Teacher Relationship in the Formation of Physicians: The Hidden Curriculum,” Haidet and Stein challenge us to consider the studentteacher bond as we educate medical students and help them develop their professional identities [1]. They approached this topic from the framework of relationship-centered care, which underscores the importance of all r...

since the time conscription has become the main source of man power for armies, a development in the relation between the state and the individual has occurred. conscription became an institution for nationalistic re-socialization and a symbol for the equality of citizens. it also played an important role in the expansion of freedoms and universal suffrage. after the world war ii, a new trend t...

This article illustrates the five main aspects of the doula's role: providing specific labor support skills; offering guidance and encouragement; assisting mothers to cover gaps in their care; building a team relationship; and encouraging communication between patient, nursing staff, and medical caregivers. The roles of both nurses and doulas are discussed, including the complementary nature of...

The major objectives of this paper are to explore, from the perspective of 18 senior procurement professionals interviewed, the current status of their role and identify the skills they need to develop, in order to effectively manage the changes they are experiencing. The interviews revealed a schism in perception of the procurement role between professionals (strategic) and their organisations...

Given the lack of a precise definition, and aided by a fluidity of application whereby observations made at the bench are “translated” to the bedside and vice versa, many can claim to conduct translational research. To quote Dr. Steven Woolf in a 2008 commentary published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, “Translational research means different things to different people, but ...

Ann Tourigny Turner 1, Ekaterina Botovchenco Rivera 2 and Cynthia Pekow 3,* 1 American Association for Laboratory Animal Science (AALAS), 9190 Crestwyn Hills Drive, Memphis, TN 38125-8538, USA; [email protected] 2 Brazilian Association for Laboratory Animal Science (SBCAL), Av. Prof. Dr. Orlando de Paiva, 87, Cidade Universitária, Sao Paulo, CEP 05508-270, Brazil; [email protected]...

These key words are based on the subject headings from the British Nursing Index. This article has been subject to double-blind review. The number of people with dementia is increasing alongside the social trend of a greater proportion of the population living on their own. But there appear to be few studies that focus on the theme of people with dementia living alone. The related area of risk ...