This paper suggests that the combination of health care restructuring, legislation expanding, and redefining a regulated health profession in Ontario, Canada, has reduced medical dominance and increased managerial dominance of health care professionals. The paper focuses on nurses and doctors, and examines the effects of the Regulated Health Professions Act and the changes occurring within the ...

psychological distress' suggests that it is in such subgroups of the population that GPs can improve their performance. Work in our own practice also supports the feasibility of the Geriatric Depression Scale for use by practice nurses in screening assessment. However, the use of mental health-screening questionnaires in primary care remains uncommon.2 If there is pressing evidence of underperf...

Emerging changes in health-care delivery are having a significant impact on the structure of health-care professionals' education. Today it is recognized that medical knowledge doubles every 6-8 years, with new medical procedures emerging everyday. While the half-life of medical information is so short, the average physician practices 30 years and the average nurse 40 years. Continuing educatio...

The Syrian conflict started in March 2011 with civil unrest and has now progressed to civil war [1]. The death toll stands at more than 100 000 men, women and children [2]. The UN Human Rights Council has accused both the Syrian government and the opposition of committing war crimes and crimes against humanity [3]. Within a few years, Syria has evolved from the world’s second largest refugee-ho...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE The importance of patient safety is growing worldwide, and every day, health care professionals face various challenges in how to provide safe care for their patients. Patient safety skills are one of the main tools to ensure safe practice. This study looks to describe health care professionals' skills regarding patient safety. MATERIALS AND METHODS Data were collecte...

background: despite the success of developed countries in preventing the spread of hiv/aids, the disease is expanding in developing countries where an unfavorable attitude exists among people, health professionals and employees. this study aimed to assess the stigmatized attitude among health care providers toward people living with hiv (plwha). methods: the study is a cross-sectional survey. t...

P care crisis is a phrase we have heard many times. Often, it reflects not just a societal circumstance but the reality for health care professionals working firsthand with the medically underserved or vulnerable populations. These professionals are considered safety net providers because they deliver health care to uninsured patients, underinsured patients, and Medicaid patients. Safety net pr...