OBJECTIVE Residents frequently use humor and slang at the expense of patients on the clinical wards. We studied how medical students react to and interpret the "appropriateness" of derogatory and cynical humor and slang in a clinical setting. DESIGN Semistructured, in-depth interviews. SETTING Informal meeting spaces. PARTICIPANTS Thirty-three medical students. MEASUREMENTS Qualitative ...

today, the tourism industry is a major source of income for many countries. but the tourism as an economic activity mentioned before, is a cultural phenomenon in nature and the main attraction of tourism development as well. given the special vulnerability and fragility of cultural heritage, tourism development, in some cases, can cause damage to indigenous cultural patterns. this is in relatio...

This study explored from a life course perspective what kind of relationship older people taking part in the had toward health services and eHealth. The sought to answer following questions: What challenges, positive experiences, expectations are related care remote area, according respondents? How do respondents presently conceive use eHealth? memories past report, how these express their dist...

  The study seeks to address the importance of urban stream ecosystems from the perspective of urban ecology, human health and social well-being in the context of urban planning. The case study area is Paveh stream in the City of Paveh. The data from the case study area were gathered from questionnaire, existing scientific and library studies and by conducting interviews with residents and auth...

"This paper examines the urban growth of 33 small and intermediate Korean cities during 1975-1980 from the ecological perspective. Using the multiple regression analysis, population growth of a city is measured by variables such as industrial structure, distance from a metropolitan city, and educational level of residents in a corresponding city. At the present development stage in Korea, tho...