WHY DO CHILDREN TAKE CARE OF THEIR ELDERLY PARENTS? ARE THE JAPANESE ANY DIFFERENT?

Why patients do not take their medication.

Understanding where parents take their sick children and why it matters: a multi-country analysis

BACKGROUND Developing effective context-specific strategies to ensure that a high proportion of children receive timely and appropriate care requires knowing the source from which care is sought. Although Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) and Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys (MICS) collect such data in disaggregated form, they are not made available in the standard DHS and MICS reports. ...

Why do we treat the children of Jehovah's Witnesses differently from their adult parents?

While many citizens may view an adult Jehovah’s Witness’ refusal of the blood transfusion that might otherwise save her life as irrational, the refusal alone does not lead the courts in England and Wales to conclude that she lacks competence. Her refusal will be considered competent, provided that she comprehends, believes and is able to weigh the information which is relevant to her decision a...

Why Do Parents Bring Their Children to the Emergency Department? A Systematic Inventory of Motives

Parents frequently bring their children to general or pediatric emergency departments (EDs), even though many of these visits are judged by others to be "nonurgent" and inappropriate. This study examined the motives behind parents' decisions to take their children to a pediatric emergency department (PED). At a PED in Toulouse, France, 497 parents rated their level of agreement with each of 69 ...

Working parents: what factors are involved in their ability to take time off from work when their children are sick?

BACKGROUND A series of studies has demonstrated that sick children fare better when their parents are present. OBJECTIVE To examine working conditions that determine whether parents can spend time with and become involved in the care of their children when they are sick. DESIGN Survey with a multivariate analysis of factors influencing parental care of sick children. PARTICIPANTS Mixed-in...