background: as an early step in the development of a decision aid for idiopathic trigger finger (tf) we were interested in the level of decisional conflict experienced by patients and hand surgeons. this study tested the null hypothesis that there is no difference in decisional conflict between patients with one or more idiopathic trigger fingers and hand surgeons. secondary analyses address th...

Abstract We investigate the impact of community power on practice untouchability - avoidance physical contact – by upper and backward caste Hindus vis-a-vis ‘scheduled’ castes (SCs) in rural India. hypothesize that an or Other Backward (OBC) household's propensity to practise is determined not solely its own characteristics but, crucially, also inter-group distribution resources across both rel...