BACKGROUND To determine the prevalence of depressive symptoms and to explore related factors of depressive symptoms in hemodialysis (HD) patients in northern China. METHODS We used a cross-sectional research design to recruit 227 chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients who were undergoing HD treatment in northern China during December, 2012 to March, 2013. The Chinese edition of the Center for ...

BACKGROUND Despite decades of research showing high rates of unmet need in older people, there currently is little understanding of why these needs remain unmet. This study was performed as part of a larger feasibility study of a multidisciplinary needs assessment tool in primary care. OBJECTIVE The aim of the present study was to explore patients' and carers' help-seeking behaviour and perce...

© 1999 Susan Pinker B y the time summer arrived in Montreal on June 21, the temperatures of all 19 emergency physicians at the Royal Victoria Hospital had already reached the boiling point. They submitted their resignations en masse, asserting that that they are being harassed by the Régie de l’assurance-maladie du Québec (RAMQ), which for the third time in 10 years is investigating their billi...

The process of overcoming crisis phenomena during the recruitment Canadian volunteer army at height First World War is analyzed in context activities Minister Militia and Defense Sam Hughes. chronological framework due to beginning (October 1915) completion S. Hughes’s as (November 1916) connection with forced resignation. relevance study fact that for first time Russian historiography, views a...

The United States experienced the “Great Resignation” in 2021. In September 2021, 4.4 million American workers quit their jobs, which is biggest employee resignation spike on record. has made it essential for human resource (HR) managers to understand changes and develop a new HR strategy that can stem mass of employees. This study argues many pre-pandemic era’s policies practices may not apply...