Dying to Know: Public Release of Information about Quality of Health Care

Elements of healthy death: a thematic analysis

Background: Death is a natural and frightening phenomenon, which is inevitable. Previous studies on death, which presented a negative and tedious image of this process, are now being revised and directed towards acceptable death and good death. One of the proposed terms about death and dying is “healthy death”, which encourages dealing with death positively and leading a lively and ...

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  Caring of a dying patient is more convenient than a patient who knows his/her prognosis. According to Pataica Mcgorr once the dying patient compliance with the death, care givers can help him/her to overcome on fear of death.   Continues reports show that most of dying patients agrees to know the truth. Glaser and Strauss named different tricks which patents make to know the time of their dea...

Under the Table in Health Care System: A Case Report in Iran

Under the table or informal payments in several middle and low income countries is a serious impediment to health care reform. These payments are effectively a form of systemic corruption. This report shows the efforts of a patient who seek health care for his ankle while being requested to pay under the table in hospital and private clinic. The data were collected by interview and surveying pa...

اضطراب مرگ در پرستاران بخشهای ویژه و عمومی

  Background and Aim: Death is a phenomenon even thinking about which can produce anxiety. Death anxiety in staff nurses can be influential on their communication with and quality care delivery for dying patients and also affects nurses' job satisfaction and mental health. The aim of this study was to determine death anxiety in nurses working in critical care and general wards and related facto...

Are We Asking All the Right Questions About Quality of Care in Low- and Middle-Income Countries?