Introduction: Palliative care is the science of promoting the patient’s quality of life. It can improve the quality of life of a patient, which is effective not only in patient’s late-life but also useful in dealing with a chronic illness over many years. In this regard, nurses, as the largest providers of health care services, play an important role in palliative care. Objective: This study a...

Introduction: According to WHO, no region in the world can justify a Cesarean rate higher ‎than ‎‏10‏‎-‎‏15 ‏percent. But unfortunately, Published statistics for most areas all‏ ‏over the world ‎show a great difference with this ratio. Cesarean births pose greater risk to the mothers’ ‎health, slow maternal recovery and increase relative mor...

Abstract Introduction: The aim of this study was to identify the factors affecting the reduction of citizens' helping behavior with the welfare organization. Method: This study was performed by descriptive method and ex-post facto design.  Data were collected from 408 citizens 20 years and older in Guilan province. Samples were selected using multistage cluster sampling method. Measur...