The purpose of this study was to analyze the components of lean management and develop an appropriate model of lean management for Iran’s educational system. In this research, a qualitative research method based on grounded theory with Strauss-Corbin model was used and semi-structured interviews with 11 elites were continued by purposeful sampling method until theoretical saturation was achieve...

Introduction: Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a chronic disease with high prevalence in the world and Iran. Uncontrolled DM puts financial pressure on health system and society. It also affects patients physically and mentally, and changes their social relationship with others. In spite of advances in DM control, there is only a little information regarding patients’ experience of living with DM and ...

Background & objective: Factors such as improved medical technology, resource allocation, increasing costs, the rights of individuals and the changing roles of nurses can result in ethical conflicts that demand the ability of nurses to recognize moral dilemmas and conflicts and to make appropriate ethical decisions. The aim of this article is to explain the concept of patient or nurse harm in t...