PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES To explore the experience of Filipino patients with cancer. RESEARCH APPROACH Hermeneutic phenomenologic inquiry using focus groups. SETTING A comprehensive cancer center in the southeastern United States. PARTICIPANTS 18 female and 5 male Filipino patients aged 34-78 years who had received cancer treatment. METHODOLOGIC APPROACH Seven focus groups, each lasting two h...

The aim of this paper is to discuss the development of a cultural care framework that seeks to inform and embrace the philosophical ideals of caring science. Following a review of the literature that identified a lack of evidence of an explicit relationship between caring science and cultural care, a number of well-established transcultural care frameworks were reviewed. Our purpose was to sele...

BACKGROUND Sarcoidosis is a multisystemic disorder that is currently viewed as the consequence of chronic immunological response associating genetic susceptibility and specific environmental or transmissible agents. Relevant evidence, although conflicting, justifies a concern about the involvement of specific pathogens to disease causation. In this study we assessed the infectivity of sarcoid c...

Over the last 10 years, many efforts have been made to design a competent genetic algorithm. This paper revisits and extends the latest of such efforts— the linkage learning genetic algorithm. Specifically, it introduces an efficient mechanism for representing the noncoding material. Recent investigations suggest that this new method is crucial for solving a large class of hard optimization pro...

Distinct competent layers are observed in the slopes of eastern Coprates Chasma, part of the Valles Marineris system on Mars. Our observations indicate that the stratigraphy of Coprates Chasma consists of alternating thin strong layers and thicker sequences of relatively weak layers. The strong, competent layers maintain steeper slopes and play a major role in controlling the overall shape and ...

Most members of the Jehovah's Witness community refuse blood transfusions, and there are variations in what alternatives they will accept depending on their personal decisions. To provide culturally competent care, healthcare providers need to be knowledgeable about substitutions for blood administration as well as the risks and benefits of available alternatives so that they can inform their p...

AIM The aim of this paper is to highlight the need to integrate cultural care into dental hygiene practice. BACKGROUND Culture can be better understood through the concepts, beliefs, and norms of the culturally diverse population of the United States. It is important to understand cultural perceptions of oral health in order to manage transcultural barriers that may arise during the utilizati...