INTRODUCTION In the United States, 73% of deaths occur among people aged 65 years or older. Although most would prefer to die at home after a short illness, most actually die in institutions after prolonged declines. Despite this discrepancy, elders and their adult children often do not discuss end-of-life preferences. Use of advance directives has not been widespread, and people often avoid th...

Prior to undertaking randomized control trials, pilot research should ensure that an intervention's active ingredients are operationalized in manuals or protocols. This study identified the strategies facilitators reported to use during the implementation of a problem-solving self-advocacy intervention, Project "Teens making Environment and Activity Modifications" (TEAM), with transition-age yo...

OBJECTIVES The primary aim of the study was to identify specific strengths and challenges of facilitating online cancer support groups relative to face-to-face groups through the use of deductive qualitative analysis. A secondary aim was to quantitatively validate the identified strengths and challenges. METHODS To better understand how facilitators' roles in online support groups (OSGs) migh...

rapid growth and development of information communication technology (ict) has been the foundation of novel concepts and zones in this newly established field. on the other hand, the field’s novelty has caused various problems in facing occurrences and newer fields. the goal of this research is studying the obstacles of information communication technology acceptance in isfahan gas company. fro...

background: the organizational environment and its existing context may deeply affect on empowerment of individuals. in educational institutions as well as other organizations, students are going to be powerful when opportunities for growth and achievement of power are provided for them in learning and educational environments. this study has been carried out to explain the facilitators and imp...

this paper aims to address the obstacles of accession of turkey to the european :union: (eu). for this the paper discusses some obstacles in the way of turkey’s application to accede to the european :union: that have caused delay in its membership in eu. the paper explains all the efforts that turkey has made to achieve this goal, on one hand. on the other hand, considering all existing obstacl...