REPORTS OF LYING-IN HOSPITALS.

Challenges in Preparation of Cumulative Antibiogram Reports for Community Hospitals.

Knowledge of local antimicrobial resistance is critical for management of infectious diseases. Community hospitals' compliance with Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI) guidance for creation of cumulative antibiograms is uncertain. This descriptive cohort study of antibiogram reporting practices included community hospitals enrolled in the Duke Infection Control Outreach Network. ...

Handbook for Use of Compounders in Civil Hospitals and Sub-Assistant Surgeons in Out-Lying Dispensaries

The Educational Quality of General Medicine’s Morning Reports of Mashhad’s Teaching Hospitals

Background: One of the important elements of medical education is morning report. The method of a morning report depends on the addressed group and its purpose. The aim of this study was to evaluate the educational quality of morning report sessions from the perspective of Mashhad’s pediatric interns.  Methods: The population included pediatric interns of Mashhad University of Medical Sciences....

Lying and Deception Lying and Self-deception

Questions about truthfulness occur in many contexts—when parents ask their children if they are using recreational drugs, when an employer ask applicants about the reasons they left their last job, when international leaders consider each others’ threats or promises, when voters evaluate candidates’ promises, when physicians consider a patient’s complaint, when at the start of a romantic encoun...

Do ethical considerations influence any in HTA reports? A review of reports

Background: Dealing with ethical considerations is a major component of Health Technology Assessment (HTA) definitions. Objectives: Present study aimed to explore and describe the manner of ethical analyses in HTA reports and the effects it had on HTA-related decision making around the world.   Methods: By considering the contextual milieu of reports and searching for ethical themes ...