CURRENT ISSUES NEWBORN CARE IN CHERNIVTSI

Reforming health care in Canada: current issues.

This paper examines the current health care reform issues in Canada. The provincial health insurance plans of the 1960s and 1970s had the untoward effects of limiting the federal government's clout for cost control and of promoting a system centered on inpatient and medical care. Recently, several provincial commissions reported that the current governance structures and management processes ar...

Current issues in quality of care.

Issues in newborn ABR screening.

The introduction of electrophysiologic measures has provided a renewed interest in the early identification of newborns and infants at risk for hearing loss. To date, 14 states have enacted mandatory legislation for newborn hearing screening, whereas other states have incorporated private and hospital-based programs. Although all state and local programs are inherently different, their common g...

Ethical Issues in Newborn Screening

Newborn screening represents an important preventive public health program. Over the time, there were debates about the criteria for inclusion of some diseases in newborn screening. Discussions on the expansion of newborn screening programs focus on three aspects: informed consent, costs and evidence. The authors present data on the criteria that must meet newborn screening and different ethica...

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