introduction: the objective of the study was to develop an instrument to measure patient education content. materials and methods: first of all, literature searches were undertaken to determine current national and international patient education questionnaires. then a forty five item questionnaire was developed. questionnaires were filled by 399 patients in surgery wards of kerman medical hosp...

Our journal has been very conscious of its global mission. Public health faces problems everywhere. We publish research and policy articles to be helpful far from where a problem was encountered, tackled, analyzed, and results captured for publication. Yet we know that this is not enough. More engaging dialogues would be productive. Global congresses bring together public health people from all...

background hepatitis b virus (hbv) infection is a serious global health problem that is associated with huge social and economic costs. early antiviral drugs, such as interferon-α2b, peginterferon-α2a, lamivudine, and adefovir, all have their limitations (such as low responses or safety concerns) in clinical application. telbivudine and entecavir are two of the latest nucleotide drugs and both ...

We orthopedists who have passed the likely midpoint of our lives have dedicated a considerable amount of time to our specialty. As professionals, as students, as teachers, as writers, as readers, as members of professional organizations, as panelists at congresses, as exhibitors at congresses, as trainees, as travelers to training programs: some more so and others less so, but certainly we have...