Human Resources: An Impersonal Term for the People Providing Health Care

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Providing a model for Agile Human Resources Management in The Headquarters of the Ministry of Oil

Moving to newer generations of human resource management leads this management to adopt new approaches to respond appropriately, quickly and in a timely manner to change. This study aims to provide a model for human resource management agility with a qualitative approach and Grounded theory method. Due to the exploratory nature, purposive sampling method was used, which after conducting a sem...

The Lack of Systematic Training for Health Care Providers, A Challenge for Providing Pediatric Palliative Home Care: A Comparative Study

Background: The growing prevalence of chronic diseases in children has increased their need for palliative care. We aimed to compare pediatric palliative care and home care training in Iran and in the selected countries. Materials and Methods: This comparative study was conducted based on the classifications of palliative care for children and using databases such as Scopus, Science Direct, Ovi...

Dying in the shadows: the challenge of providing health care for homeless people.

Commentary Commentaire T he study of mortality among homeless women reported in this issue by Cheung and Hwang 1 (see page 1243) is a clarion call to our society and our health care community. The stunning 10-fold disparity in mortality rates between Toronto's homeless and housed women aged 18–44 is complemented by data from 7 other cities, which show that the risk of death among younger homele...

[Human resources for health].

El mundo enfrenta una crisis de recursos humanos en salud, la cual afecta particularmente a países en vías de desarrollo. De acuerdo al Informe sobre la salud en el mundo del 2006 (1), existe un grupo de 57 países, la mayoría de ellos africanos, con deficiencias críticas en la cantidad de personal de salud. El Perú posee el triste privilegio de ser el único país sudamericano considerado en este...