Foundation and management of the newlyestablished Islamic Republic of Iran system based on Imam Khomeini’sintellectual bases, including God-centeredness, obligation- centerednessattitudes, and as...

Social robots are being tested in the educational arena with current thinking two main directions. One is arguing for benefits of affective and efficient instruction more teachercentered. Within second, student-centered oriented, proponents human uniqueness raising long-term concerns. Teacher-centeredness student-centeredness form pedagogical beliefs underpinning teachers’ attitudes guiding tec...

BACKGROUND Endometriosis is prevalent and women need high-quality care, which should be patient-centered. This study aimed to develop a valid and reliable patient-centeredness questionnaire, based on a defined concept of patient-centered endometriosis care (PCEC). METHODS A literature review, focus groups (FGs) with patients and an expert panel defined PCEC with 10 dimensions. The ENDOCARE qu...

BACKGROUND Patient-centered reproductive medicine (PCRM) is important for quality of care, and this is increasingly being recognized. However, its scientific basis is unclear. The main research questions addressed in this review are: 'How has the patients' perspective on fertility care been examined (method and quality)?' and 'What is the perspective of patients in developed countries on fertil...

OBJECTIVE To examine the effectiveness of hospital-based comprehensive care programs in improving the quality of care for children with special health care needs. DATA SOURCES A systematic review was conducted using Ovid MEDLINE, CINAHL, EMBASE, PsycINFO, Sociological Abstracts SocioFile, and Web of Science. STUDY SELECTION Evaluations of comprehensive care programs for categorical (those w...

BACKGROUND Patient-provider relationships in primary care are characterized by greater continuity and depth than in non-primary care specialties. We hypothesized that relationship styles of medical students based on attachment theory are associated with specialty choice factors and that such factors will mediate the association between relationship style and ultimately matching in a primary car...