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Title of Dissertation: THE EFFECT OF TWO DEATH EDUCATION PROGRAMS ON EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS Tracy Lynne Smith-Cumberland, Doctor of Philosophy, 2004 Dissertation Directed by: Professor Robert Feldman Department of Public and Community Health This study examined the changes in behavioral intent of EMTs in six EMS agencies in Wisconsin after exposure to 1 of 2 death education programs. The...

The health care system can play a significant role in the decision making family and directing them toward satisfaction of donating organs. This study was conducted with the aim of determining the attitude of employed nurses about organs donation, brain death and its related professional factors. This study was conducted in 2015 that samples were selected through the systematic random sampling ...

This paper attempts to explain several empirical findings regarding religion. The main one is between religion and the fear of death. Some empirical evidence indicates moderately religious individuals fear death more than either atheists or extremely religious individuals. The model also explains the positive relationship often found between religious activity (e.g. church attendance) and age. ...

background avoidable mortality as an indicator for assessing the health system performance has caught the attention of researchers for a long time. in this study we aimed to compare the health system performance using this indicator in rural and urban areas of one of iran’s southern provinces.   methods all deaths (29916) which happened during 2004–2011 in bushehr province were assessed. nolte ...

schizophrenia is one of the most severe psychiatric disorders and 25% of the patients need long term hospitalization. they have somatic illness that may be ignored and lead to death. considering the lack of information regarding the causes of death in schizophrenic patients, the aim of this study was to determine the main causes of death in the long term hospitalized schizophrenic patients in s...