In the European Union a growing number of citizens are receiving medical treatment in a country other than the one in which they are resident. This concerns migrant (frontier) workers, emergency treatment and preauthorized care. Since 1998 a 'new category' can be discerned of persons going abroad without prior authorization on the basis of the Decker and Kohll rulings of the EC Court of Justice...

The extent and existence of defensive medicine in the face of medical malpractice liability pressure is a perennial subject of both policy and academic debate. In this paper, I investigate the impact of a series of court rulings in Taiwan that increased physicians’ liability risks, and a subsequent amendment to the law that reversed the courts’ rulings, on physicians’ test-ordering behavior and...

The use of developable surfaces in ship design is of engineering importance because they can be easily manufactured without stretching or tearing, or without the use of heat treatment. In some cases, a ship hull can be entirely designed with the use of developable surfaces. In this paper, a method to create a quasi-developable B-spline surface between two limit curves is presented. The centreli...

islamic feminism and the feminist movement that has influenced the west in recent decades have spread in muslim countries, including iran, to such an extent that most supporters of women`s rights introduce themselves as muslim feminist and try to present a new comment of traditional and original understanding of islamic teachings in harmony with their claims. the most important foundations of i...

Workplace harassment is a psychosocial risk factor that increasingly affects workers in the hospitality industry. Although this recognised by legal regulations Spain, many cases scope of these and their interpretation courts remains unclear. The aim research to conduct qualitative, documentary, descriptive study content 61 rulings obtained from search 2335 database Judicial Documentation Centre...

BACKGROUND Globally, one of the key groups considered to be at high risk of acquiring HIV are transgender women, often a marginalised group. In the Malaysian context there has been a scarcity of published research relating to transgender women, a sensitive issue in a Muslim majority country, where Islam plays an influential role in society. Furthermore, there has been a paucity of research rela...