BACKGROUND Loneliness is a universal phenomenon that influences one's health and health perception. GPs are confronted with lonely people quite often. Yet, what GPs think of this phenomenon and how they deal with emotions lonely patients evoke is not known. OBJECTIVE We aimed to explore GPs' experiences with lonely patients. We wanted to gain insight in GPs' feelings regarding consultations w...

In an attempt to explain the stability of hierarchy, we focus on the perspective of the powerless and how a subjective sense of dependence leads them to imbue the system and its authorities with legitimacy. In Study 1, we found in a nationally representative sample of U.S. employees that financial dependence on one’s job was positively associated with the perceived legitimacy of one’s superviso...

BACKGROUND Power in doctor-patient relationships is asymmetrically distributed. The doctor holds resources the patient needs and has a mandate to promote healthy living. Power may benefit or harm the patients' health, and the doctor-patient relationship. AIM To identify aspects of power and powerlessness in GPs' narratives about lifestyle counselling. DESIGN AND SETTING A qualitative study ...

This study aimed at identifying the degree of alienation of the students of the Syrian refugee residing in both the refugee camps and cities , and to find out whether there were differences among the study sample's degree of alienation attributed to the variables: achievement, gender, number of alienation years, and the place of residence. To achieve this aim, the researcher applied a 70-item q...

In the aftermath of disasters it is not uncommon for a large number of individuals, ranging from professional technical responders to untrained, albeit well meaning, volunteers, to converge on site of a disaster in order to offer to help victims or other responders. Because volunteers can be both a help and a hindrance in disaster response, they pose a paradox to professional responders at the ...

UNLABELLED This is a review and evaluation of medical and public literature regarding the reported emotional and psychological effects of participation in physician-assisted suicide (PAS) and euthanasia on the involved physicians. MATERIALS AND METHODS Articles in medical journals, legislative investigations and the public press were obtained and reviewed to determine what has been reported r...

Background: Occupational disappointment is a novel concept in emergency nursing. It feeling of disheartenment with career choice. results from prevalent, unaddressed verbal abuse the department directed towards nurses patients and/or their visitors. conceptually different burnout and compassion fatigue. In context COVID-19 pandemic, it important to acknowledge this phenomenon understand its imp...

AIM To assess feelings of powerlessness in patients with either venous or diabetic foot ulcers. METHODS This was an exploratory, descriptive, cross-sectional study conducted from May 2010 to August 2012. Two hundred adult patients with either venous leg ulcers (N=100) or diabetic foot ulcers (N=100) were consecutively recruited from an outpatient wound care clinic of a university hospital in ...