We review past studies on how scientists view the public, the goals of communication, the performance and impacts of the media, and the role of the public in policy decision-making. We add to these past findings by analyzing two recent large-scale surveys of scientists in the UK and US. These analyses show that scientists believe the public is uninformed about science and therefore prone to err...

introduction: the critical dependence of healthcare services systems on information along with the indigenous restriction of paper documents in satisfying this need has caused a trend toward computer information systems. the main goal of such systems is to achieve electronic health records (ehr). however, implementation of ehr in healthcare organizations is difficult and complicated. this resea...

Aims: The study aims to reveal the incentives and constraints of participation in elections 19th Jordanian Parliament.
 Methods: A survey was distributed 840 electors from population. This adopts analytical descriptive approach.
 Results: results showed that evaluation electors' came a medium degree. They were following order: first, axis “Motivational achievement”, with high degree; ...

Forest Resource Use Contracts in Latin America Description of Contracts in Governments Lands Contract Objectives Conclusions Constraints to Achieving Contract Objectives Financial Context of Forest Management in the Humid Tropics Forest Management Techniques Political and Regulatory Constraints Constraints due to Property and User Rights by Local Communities Conclusions Case Studies Peru: Priva...

Patient participation in healthcare is a neglected area of interest in the rather extensive amount of research on immigrant so-called Selma patients in Swedish health care as well as worldwide. The aim is to explore the phenomenon "patient participation" in the context of the Swedish health care from the perspective of immigrants non-fluent in Swedish. A phenomenological lifeworld approach was ...