Background Decisions affecting cost and quality are taken across health and care but investigation of the mediating role of context in these is in its infancy. This paper presents a synthesis of the evidence on the contextual factors that influence ‘decisions of value’ – defined as those characterised by having a significant and demonstrable impact on both quality and resources – in health and ...

conclusions child dental neglect has many long-term impacts. the main professionals who are responsible for identification, intervention and treatment of child dental neglect are dental practitioners. however, other professionals cannot ignore this task. finally, child dental neglect, despite its derivative outcomes, may be a presentation of a broader maltreatment. results distinguishing the di...

background : many studies have been conducted in iran in order to investigate the status of social determinants of health (sdh) and their associations with health indicators. this study aimed to review the iranian studies conducted on sdh. methods : a systematic review of all iranian persian and english languages articles published between 2005 and 2014 on the sdh was conducted using the search...

context to provide an updated review of published literature on the anti-oxidant, anti-bacterial and anti-inflammatory properties of honey. evidence acquisition cinahl, biomed central, cochrane library, medline and embase data bases and reference lists were used to find randomized controlled trials and review articles. randomized controlled trials using honey with a comparator were reviewed, al...

abstract as literary texts have different layers, they are open to various political, social and cultural interpretations and readings. the main purpose of orators is to persuade their audience.thus, orators must be familiar with intra-textual factors (residing inside language) and situational factors (residing outside language), such as social, political, and cultural factors, in order to be a...