one of the worst phenomena in a muslim’s life is apostasy. an apostate has renounced the faith and denies the principles and precepts of religion after accepting it. if either parent or both are muslims and their child accepted islam after his maturity, but he denied it later, he/she is called a natural apostate. however, if a person was born to a non-muslim family and converted to islam after ...

background: this study examined the association between incident pulmonary tuberculosis (tb) and social and behavioral characteristics in almaty oblast, kazakhstan from 2012 to 2013. methods: we used a matched case-control design to estimate the role of factors for acquiring pulmonary tb. totally 324 individuals were recruited from sep 2012 to mar 2013. participants included 110 tb index cases ...

Hace ya tiempo que los cambios sociales, las necesidades de cuidados de la población, la complejidad de los servicios sanitarios y el incremento de conocimientos enfermeros, entre otros criterios, venı́an indicando la necesidad de la especialización en enfermerı́a. El Real Decreto (RD) 450/ 2005 sobre especialidades de enfermerı́a vino a regular esta necesidad, enmarcando el proceso de especializa...

Program developers collaborated with experts across a wide spectrum of fields to integrate theories on education, social-work, child development and family development, as well as research in the field of education by Arnold Goldstein (Changing the Abusive Parent, Goldstein et al, Champaign, IL.: Research Press, 1985) on changing abusive behaviors and interpersonal communication. Improved commu...

Cultural groups respond differently to mental illness depending on the explanations of the cause, attitudes in the community toward mental illness and its treatment, and the social and community resources available to patients and their families. Our column last month explored these explanations and attitudes. This column focuses on family and community treatment of mental illness and the care ...