Resumen ABSTRACT The Therapeutic Residential Services (TRS) has emerged as a key to the realization of the deinstitutionalization process and psychosocial rehabilitation. The objective was to investigate the perception of nursing professionals working in the TRS on the Psychiatric Reform, and your relationship with the technical and scientific training and professional practice. Descriptive stu...

Compassion is central to the purpose of medicine and the care of patients and their families. Compassionate healthcare begins with compassionate people, but cannot be consistently provided without systemic changes that enable clinicians and staff to collaborate and to care. We propose seven essential commitments to foster more compassionate healthcare organizations and systems: a commitment to ...

Received 23 September 2008; accepted 23 September 2008; electronically published 24 November 2008. Reprints or correspondence: Dr. Christine L. Moe, Hubert Dept. of Global Health, Rollins School of Public Health of Emory University, 1518 Clifton Rd. NE, Atlanta, GA 30322 ([email protected]). Clinical Infectious Diseases 2009; 48:38–4

Rhonda M. Stroud, Larry R. Nittler, Conel M. O’D. Alexander, Thomas J. Bernatowicz and Scott R. Messenger, Naval Research Laboratory, Code 6371, 4555 Overlook Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20375 ([email protected]), Department of Terrestrial Magnetism, Carnegie Institution of Washington, 5241 Broad Branch Road NW, Washington, DC 20015, Laboratory for Space Sciences, Washington University, 1 Brook...

Methods We developed a computerized model of S. aureus transmission in a hospital ward and in the community, where methicillin-sensitive (MSSA), community-associated MRSA (CA-MRSA) and hospital-associated MRSA (HAMRSA) strains co-circulate between these two settings. We assessed the impact of a 15-50% reduction in antibiotic use in community and hospitals, under several hypotheses regarding cha...

BACKGROUND The impact of caring for a family member or friend is a life changing experience. Often carers are struggling to cope with ongoing demands of caring for someone. At some point, most carers will approach their family physician for advice on aspects of their role. Carers Western Australia sought information and opinions of General Practitioners (GPs) regarding being a carer. This explo...