OBJECTIVE This study has two objectives: first, to identify and characterize consumer health terms not found in the Unified Medical Language System (UMLS) Metathesaurus (2007 AB); second, to describe the procedure for creating new concepts in the process of building a consumer health vocabulary. How do the unmapped consumer health concepts relate to the existing UMLS concepts? What is the place...

as a major consequence of medical interventions, quality of life (qol) is of great importance for patients suffering from refractory diseases, particularly cancer. the unbiased measurement of changes in qol is thus crucial in such cases. a prevalent bias related to qol research is the ‘response shift’ (rs) phenomenon. this review article aims to define rs and the challenges in measuring it. in ...

Statistics is taught as a core course in the Management programmes leading to the degree of Master of Business Administration (MBA) or an equivalent degree in various Universities and Management Institutes in India. As a part of this course, Probability Theory, and Probability distributions are covered. The students who are admitted to this course are drawn from various disciplines; their level...

since the renaissance contend ideas for a theory of a new understanding of the concept of science and knowledge. move omitted the role of knowledge-building and the formulation of the concept of science, which is created and consists of theory and shape so as to complement to be material technical and technological dimensions in the basic sciences. and is disclosure the role of the humanities a...

results the findings of this study showed that in most selected countries, primary care services were provided by the private sector and the public sector has been mostly functioning as a supervisor in this area, but in iran, primary care services were provided by the government. the findings of this study also showed that hospital services in iran and selected countries (second and third level...

  Background :Although knowledge translation is one of the most widely used concepts in health and medical literature, there is a sense of ambiguity and confusion over its definition. The aim of this paper is to clarify the characteristics of KT. This will assist the theoretical development of it and shape its implementation into the health care system   Methods : Walker and Avant’s framework w...

the aim of this study is to map the chronological achievements of public health over the past 100 years in a small island state and to outline emerging themes. a retrospective analysis of data was conducted from the published population and vital statistics reports of the central statistical office for the period of 1953-2006, as well as all available published reports of the ministry of health...