Patient involvement and empowerment through the NPRD (Eastern Europe)

Patient involvement and empowerment through the NPRD (Eastern Europe)

Patient involvement and empowerment through the National Plans for Rare Disorders (NPRD) (Eastern Europe) We present the current situation of the NPRD from Bulgaria, Romania and Hungary: three different countries confronted with the same problems and limits, and most probably not so different realities. Bulgaria: the NPRD was officially launched on 1 January 2009. The draft for rare diseases an...

Patient Empowerment through Personal Medical Recommendations

Patients today have ample opportunities to inform themselves about their disease and possible treatments using the Internet. While this type of patient empowerment is widely regarded as having a positive influence on the treatment, there exists the problem that the quality of information that can be found on online is very diverse. This paper presents a platform which empowers patients by allow...

Empowerment through Involvement: Iowa's Experience with Welfare Reform

This is a challenging and an important time for low-income families. The United States is mired in a recession while Congress faces the reauthorization of assistance and support programs involving low-income families.To date, policy dis cussions have been fueled by analyses of individual aspects of the changes set forth by PRWORA and other legislation. This article synthesizes research findings...

Do the Ends Justify the Means: Nato and Eu Involvement in Central and Eastern Europe

The situation in Eastern Europe.

The administrative structure for the management of patients with sexually transmitted disease is described. The association of dermatology and venerology had psychological advantages for patients attending a combined clinic, but because it was considered that the future development of venereology might suffer an Institute of Venereology has been founded in Poland. The functions of this Institut...