: The literature about the factors associated with cancer treatment refusal, especially by older patients is scarce. Therefore, this study aimed to identify predictive refusal cancer. A systematic review was conducted using three databases, Medline, Web of Science, and Scopus key concepts, “refusal treatment” “cancer” “decision making” “elderly” or “aged”. search took place in July 2020 it incl...

Thirty-three dairy farms in the Norwegian counties of Østfold and Akershus in which cubicle sheds had been in use for at least one year and with a herd size of less than 60 cows, were contacted and asked to participate in a study. The study focused on heifers' use of cubicles and concentrate dispenser just after being transferred from rearing accommodation to the milking herd. For each heifer, ...

This paper proposes a new research perspective on resistance to information systems (IS) change. Drawing upon a power lens and complementing it with the organizational literature on resistance, we develop an integrative framework that conceptualizes resistance at three levels: 1) the non-compliance behaviors, 2) the meanings and norms that resisters contest and enact, and 3) the technical artif...

Refusing to participate in an action is a negative response that might lead dispute and jeopardise the connection between hearer speaker. To avoid conflict may arise when speaker must decline request, offer acceptable refusal adjust position of interlocutor as well circumstances situation. This study examined strategies sequence order employed by Malay speakers English second language (MSE) the...

OBJECTIVE A review of the literature reveals that feeding problems during early childhood can be related to maternal psychiatric disorders. We aimed to evaluate the personality disorders, levels of depression and anxiety symptoms in the mothers of children with food refusal in addition to family functioning. METHOD Thirty children aged between 1 and 6 years admitted to the clinic for food ref...

OBJECTIVE Bone-anchored hearing aid (BAHA™) is a proven tool to improve hearing. Nevertheless, there are patients who are candidates for BAHA™ implants that end up refusing the surgery. The objective of this study is to review our BAHA™ experience with particular emphasis on reasons behind the refusal of some candidates. METHODS A prospective cohort of 100 consecutive new candidates referred ...

Case management interventions for suicide attempters aimed at helping adjust their social life to prevent reattempts have high nonparticipation and dropout rates. We analyzed the clinical characteristics of the group who refused to participate in the suicide prevention program in Korea. A total of 489 patients with a suicide attempt who visited Uijeongbu St. Mary's Hospital, the Catholic Univer...

Objective To find lower and upper bounds of HIV prevalence in Malawi under mild and intuitive assumptions to assess the importance of the refusal issue in the estimation of HIV prevalence. Methods We derive bounds based on the following two key assumptions: (i) Among those who have never taken an HIV test before, those who refuse to take an HIV test (hereafter “refusers”) have at least as much ...