pierre-gerlier forest has put forward the case that we are on the brink of a revolution in health policy that will be the result of the interplay of five factors. i would not challenge any of them but would emphasize the need to address socio-economic health inequalities, which have the potential to become a major cost driver in a time of growing economic inequality. to dr. forest’s list, i wou...

the doctor-patient relationship (dpr) is a complex concept in the medical sociology in which patients voluntarily approach a doctor and thus become a part of a contract in which they tends to abide with the doctor’s guidance. globally, the dpr has changed drastically over the years owing to the commercialization and privatization of the health sector. furthermore, the dynamics of the dpr has sh...

although the importance of patient participation in the design and evaluation of health programs and services is well-documented, there is scarcity of research with regard to patient association (pa) participation in health policy decision-making processes. to this end, the present study aimed to validate further a previously developed instrument as well as to investigate the degree of pa parti...

introduction: patient education is influenced by cultural factors. this study aims to find out the role of culture in patient education. methods: a qualitative study was conducted on 23 iranian nurses. inclusion criteria were minimum 5 years of working experience in clinical nursing. semistructured face to face interviews were used to collect the data. interviews were taped, transcribed and ana...

conclusions the study showed that preparation package was effective in decreasing sbp and dbp, as well as heart rate. therefore, using multimodal comprehensive preparation packages, such as the package used in the present report, is suggested. results from the total number of 66 patients, the 63.3% were male and married. no significant differences were observed between the mean of sbp and dbp a...

background and objectives : the objective of this study was to determine and compare the general levels of awareness of patient’s rights among the patients and nurses in training hospitals in qom province. methods: in a descriptive analytical study, 150 nurses and 200 hospitalized patients were asked about patient’s rights in all public hospitals in qom. data were collected using questionnaires...

background: the main objective of nursing is to provide comprehensive nursing care that is appropriate to patients’ needs. however, the incidence of missed nursing care compromises the provision of comprehensive and safe care and threatens patients’ lives. thus, this in-depth qualitative study aimed to explore nurses’ experiences of missed care and factors affecting it. the aim of this study wa...

background and objectives: angiography remains as the gold standard for the diagnosis of cardiovascular diseases (cvd). the aim of this study was to assess the quality of angiography services in shahid madani hospital, tabriz, iran.   methods: a cross-sectional study was conducted in 2013 in shahid madani hospital. a sample of 203 cvd patients who had received angiography services was surveyed....

background multiple classifications can be used to define the magnitude of aortic injury. the vancouver classification (vc) is a new and simplified computed tomography-based blunt aortic injury (bai) grading system correlating with clinical outcomes. objectives the objectives of this study are: 1) to describe the severity of aortic injury in a center with a predominantly surgical approach to ba...

aim : this study reports the prevalence observed in minimal standard terminology (mst) writing in three hospital endoscopy centers in tehran. background : in 1991 european association decided to recognize the minimal essential terms for preparing the endoscopy reports using computer software. these activities have led to the arrangement of mst. patients and methods : the cross - sectional study...