background: each group or profession has its own discourse. discourses create identity, support institutions and reproduce power relationships. professional identity of iranian nurses, which has recently had the opportunity to represent itself in social arena, needs investigation. this study aimed to make internal aspect of this identity clear. materials and methods: this study was conducted by...

BACKGROUND The independent roles of midwives have not been properly defined, and midwifery ethical values and moral codes proper to Turkish culture have not been developed. The absence of legal regulations concerning midwifery has negatively affected midwifery in the process of professionalization. OBJECTIVES The purpose of this study was to identify the professional values of midwifery in Tu...

This research unveils the nature of relations among such phenomena as "ethnos", "culture" and "language". Vested with function axiological retranslation, mottoes U.S. Armed Forces services branches make essential part military lingo a semi-autonomous existential form national language. Clichéd formulas professional sublanguage official register explicitly reflect collective mindset, dominant va...

BACKGROUND: Exploring the professional values and educational needs of future practicing mental health specialists is required to develop effective measures aiming at improving their skills interest in work.
 AIM: Our aim was explore Russia.
 METHODS: We conducted a survey that captured socio-demographic data, characteristics, values, needs. Fisher's exact test, logistic regression, k...

The concept of “patient centredness”, or “patient-centred care”, has been studied so far as an umbrella term including a variety declinations, perspectives, and concrete care practices [...]