Paradoxes of person‐centred care: A discussion paper

Integrated care: meaning, logic, applications, and implications – a discussion paper

Integrated care is a burgeoning field. As is often the case in new areas of inquiry and action, conceptual clarification is demanded. Without such attention, it would be difficult to advance theory and practice in this increasingly important professional arena. In the following discussion paper, the authors explore the intellectual territory of integrated care, and underscore the need for a pat...

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This paper discusses recent developments in the market for agricultural land in Slovakia related to the new law on land acquisition. The stated objective of this law is to protect agricultural land from non-agricultural use. We analyze landrelated data as reported by sellers in the newly established Registry of offers of agricultural land administered by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural De...

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The financial and non-financial involvement of venture capitalists is supposed to be positively correlated with firm performance. This paper deals with the evaluation of the impact of venture capitalists on employment growth of new founded firms. Differences between high-tech and low-tech industries as well as the impact of other investors are analyzed. The estimation results show that survivin...

DISCUSSION PAPER The Role Of Explanatory Models In Medical Care

All people may at one time or the other become sick, sometimes in the medical sense, sometimes emotionally and sometimes both. The impact that any disease has on a patient is a personal and often unique experience. During every phase of illness, a multitude of issues emerge in his mind, thus compelling him to perceive, evaluate, and defend against the loss of health in an extremely subjective a...

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