Research suggests that inexperienced individuals cannot accurately implement stimulus preference assessments given written instructions alone. Training that includes written instructions supplemented with feedback from a professional with expertise in conducting preference assessments has proven effective; unfortunately, expert-facilitated direct training may not be widely available. In the cur...

BACKGROUND Decision aids can be used to support shared decision making (SDM). A patient-oriented treatment decision aid (DA) was developed for type 2 diabetes but its use by general practice staff appeared to be limited. OBJECTIVES To explore views of practice staff towards SDM and the DA. DESIGN A mixed-methods study within the Dutch PORTDA-diab trial. SETTING AND PARTICIPANTS Included w...

BACKGROUND Caring for dying people can contribute to moral distress experienced by healthcare professionals. Moral distress can occur when this caring is restricted by organisational processes, resources or the provision of futile care. These factors apply to end of life care in nursing homes but research is lacking. AIM To describe how nursing home staff experience moral distress when caring...

BACKGROUND Burnout among maternal healthcare workers in sub-Saharan Africa may have a negative effect on services provided and efforts to mitigate high maternal mortality rates. In Malawi, research on burnout is limited and no empirical research has been conducted specifically among maternal health staff. Therefore, the aims of the study were to examine the prevalence and degree of burnout repo...

This paper reports findings from a three-year study which integrated Kitwood’s (1997) person-centred and Sabat’s (2001) selfhood approaches in the design, fieldwork and analysis of a multi-method observational study that explored the social worlds of 14 people with dementia in continuing-care. The types of interactions that participants experienced in everyday ward life and during creative sess...

introduction: the purpose of this study was determine the application of knowledge management among the staff members of central, faculty, and hospital libraries at tabriz university of medical sciences (tabriz, iran), based on hissig model. hissig model consists of four processes including knowledge creation, storage, sharing, and application. methods: this descriptive survey included all of t...

The title furan-ocoumarin, C14H12O4 [systematic name: 9-hy-droxy-2-(prop-1-en-2-yl)-2,3-di-hydro-7H-furo[3,2-g]chromen-7-one], crystallizes with two independent mol-ecules (A and B) in the asymmetric unit. The two mol-ecules differ essentially in the orientation of the propenyl group with respect to the mean plane of the furan-ocoumarin moiety; the O-C(H)-C=C torsion angle is 122.2 (7)° in mol-...

While there is considerable literature reporting the results of studies of benefits and problems associated with telecommuting, there is little longitudinal research available addressing how the perceptions of these may change over time an important aspect for those considering setting up telecommuting programmes. Staff working in a software development area in a major international organisatio...