UNLABELLED This research focused on understanding the attitudes toward human cloning in Taiwan among professionals in healthcare, law, and religion. DESIGN The study was conducted utilizing a structured questionnaire. PARTICIPANTS 220 healthcare professionals from two regional hospitals located in Taipei, 351 religious professionals in the northern Taiwan and 711 legal professionals were se...

hen you think of the Walt Disney World® Resort, you think of rides, shows, food, and fun. You probably don’t think of professional development. And you certainly don’t think of healthcare training. But in the heart of Walt Disney World Resort, has been created an experience for healthcare professionals that is unlike any other. More than 3,000 healthcare professionals have travelled to Disney I...

BACKGROUND Pharmacogenetics has a potential for optimizing drug response and identifying risk of toxicity for patients. Pharmacogenetics knowledge of healthcare professionals and the unmet need for pharmacogenetics education in health training institutions are some of the challenges of integrating pharmacogenetics into routine medical practice. AIM To assess pharmacogenetics knowledge among h...

BACKGROUND Guidelines recommend open discussions between patients and healthcare professionals as the end-of-life (EOL) approaches. Much of the knowledge about the EOL is based on the needs of patients with cancer and the applicability of this to other diseases is often queried. A literature review was undertaken concerning EOL care (EOLC) conversations in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease ...

BACKGROUND Primary care reforms should be supported by high-quality evidence across the entire life cycle of research. Front-line healthcare providers play an increasing role in implementation research. We recently evaluated two interventions for people with type 2 diabetes (T2D) in partnership with four Primary Care Networks (PCNs) in Alberta, Canada. Here, we report healthcare professionals p...

background & aim: healthcare areas, especially fertility care (commonly accompanied with high emotions, as well as long-term and recurring treatment periods) could exclusively benefit from patient-centered care (pcc). despite evident advantages of pcc, this approach has not been practiced as a routine procedure in current clinical environments yet, even in western developed countries. therefore...

BACKGROUND There is little understanding of the reasons for the limited communication between patients and conventional healthcare professionals regarding patients' use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM). The purpose of this study is to explore the predictors of outpatients' decision to disclose their use of natural products to conventional healthcare professionals. METHODS A mix...

OBJECTIVES To document the knowledge of, attitudes toward, and practices of adverse drug reaction (ADR) reporting and pharmacovigilance systems among healthcare professionals. Methods: This descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted using a questionnaire. This study took place at King Fahd Hospital of the University (KFHU), Khobar, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia,  between  April 2015 and  April 2...

BACKGROUND Complementary medicine (CM) is utilized in a growing number of academic centers despite the debate concerning its value, risks and benefits. Healthcare professionals often feel uncomfortable discussing CM with patients, and little is known about their sources of knowledge in the field of CM. OBJECTIVE To assess healthcare professionals' sources of knowledge and attitude toward CM i...

Submission for Concurrent Session/Poster Presentation in English Clinical care, patient safety and quality MEN’S DISSATISFACTION WITH ENCOUNTERS IN HEALTHCARE A QUALITATIVE STUDY L. Skär*, S. Söderberg Abstract Content: Introduction: Encounters within healthcare create many times suffering among people with illness, as a consequence of professionals’ treatment and behaviour. Studies on quality ...