The historical prototype of a diaspora is course the Jews in “dispersion” after Second Jewish war. With defeat that war 135 they were no longer allowed to live Palestine, and “dispersed” all over Mediterranean world further afield. It true also prior momentous event there had been permanent communities outside but we nevertheless associate diaspora-ness with people deprived homeland. Also some ...

BACKGROUND Contradictory evidence exists about the emotional burden of participating in qualitative research for palliative care patients and carers and this raises questions about whether this type of research is ethically justified in a vulnerable population. This study aimed to investigate palliative care patients' and carers' perceptions of the benefits and problems associated with open int...

BACKGROUND Childhood neglect and abuse, as measured by retrospective interview, is highly predictive of psychiatric disorder in adult life and has an important role in aetiological models. However, such measures are labour-intensive, costly, and thus restricted to relatively modest sample sizes. A compact self-report assessment of childhood experience is invaluable for research screening purpos...

STUDY OBJECTIVE The aim was to ascertain whether personal interviews carried out for cancer case-control studies cause stress to participants. DESIGN Retrospective postal questionnaires were sent to women at least three months after interview for a case-control study of the aetiology of cervical cancer. The questionnaire covered attitudes to taking part in the study, stress engendered by part...

background: invasive fungal infections (ifis) are chief infectious complications in patients undergoing hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (hsct). however, the diagnosis of fungal infections is difficult, and often empiric treatment initiates. since there is no data available on the prevalence of antifungal drugs administration in allogeneic hsct recipients in iran, we decided to conduct t...