I. E. Bush, C. L. Cope, A. Gowenlock, N. J. Holness, V. H. James, A. E. Kellie, C. J. 0. R. Morris, R. Neher, E. C. Osborn, R. V. Short, E. R. Smith, M. Stack-Dunne, J. F. Tait, S. A. S. Tait, M. Vogt and I. D. P. Wootton. Through the co-ordinated efforts of these scientists, the proceedings present a timely exposition of the current status of steroid chromatography on filter paper. Detailed co...

conclusions intelligence care is a comprehensive strategy that in addition to recognizing barriers and bridges of nursing care, with predisposing and precipitating forces it can convert barriers to bridges. results intelligence care emerged as a main theme, has a broad spectrum of categories and subcategories with bridges and barriers, including equality of bridges and barriers (contingency car...

normal 0 false false false en-us x-none ar-sa background: we investigated the difference of clinical practice pattern between end‑stage chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (copd) patients with and without palliative care at the end of life in taiwan. materials and methods: a total of 91 copd patients who died in an acute care hospital were enrolled from one community teaching hospital in no...

Background: Nowadays, quality of patient care is one of the major and important concerns of health care delivery which is extremely dependent on the medical staff. Objectives: The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between Quality of Work Life (QWL) and quality of patient care. Methods: This study was a descri...

This paper sets out the policy of the Union Européenne des Médecins Spécialistes/ European Union of Medical Specialists (UEMS) on quality assurance (QA), which is defined here as the regular review against defined standards of medical care. Its aim is to provide a framework for confirming the good quality of healthcare in Europe and, specifically, of the contribution of specialist doctors. The ...

Successful companies are born of ideas which are able to fill a gap hitherto unprovided for. What started off as an idle discussion abour patients from abroad seeking treatment in the United Kingdom gradually gelled into the proposal to set up a company to arrange high quality medical treatment and at the same time provide a caring service to look after all those potential problems and worries ...

and a consideration of the procedures of studying atmospheric pollen. A systematic description follows of the principal plants responsible for atopic allergy in North America. The final section is devoted to regional surveys; this is especially useful to the practicing allergist, as well as to the victim seeking relief, since a glance at the tables will reveal to him the situation prevailing in...