Health is not the absence of illness. Against the background of onesided medical knowledge about illness and nursing, a system of support was established in modern society, which reduced the social aspect of illness and health to a point where high technology medicine is dominant. This supports the belief in technology and standardised data, within defined limit, which can be modified at any ti...

Introduction: Diabetes is the most common medical complication in pregnancy. Various risk factors have been mentioned for gestational diabetes, but just a few studies have assessed a relationship between periodontal disease and gestational diabetes. This study was conducted to determine the relationship between periodontal disease and gestational diabetes in clients of selected health- care cen...

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This paper argues that there is an emerging opportunity for artificial intelligence researchers: the development of technologies that enable a new type of “proactive health care system” that continuously monitors “healthy patients” in their homes and motivates lifelong healthy behavior and health self-awareness. The components of the system, which would augment but not replace traditional healt...

Dr Hillel Steiner in this reply to Elizabeth Telfer takes each of her arguments for different arrangements of a health service and examines them'four positions which can be located on a linear ideological spectrum' and adds a fifth which could have the effect of 'turning the alleged linear spectrum into a circle'. Underlying both Elizabeth Telfer's article and Dr Steiner's reply, the base is in...

Michael S. was born in 1984 to unmarried teenage parents who were without health insurance. He was born with necrotic small bowel syndrome. Surgery at-birth determined that he would not be able to process food in the normal way. Hence, he would have to remain in an intensive care unit, fed via total parenteral nutrition (TPN). After six months the hospital administrator approached the attending...

just war theory can be found in almost all major cultures. but since war was a business that could not be easily stopped, some aimed to constrain it. in its classic form, just war theory has been around for several centuries—ever since nationhood in europe replaced provincial governments. having made some introductory considerations, i will ask: should just war theory be left as it is, changed,...

It has become increasingly important for educators to examine successful ICT implementations with the aim of understanding precisely what makes them successful in teaching and learning. In this study, an analysis of data from qualitative case studies of four Canadian schools illuminates factors that facilitate successful ICT implementation. Findings suggest that informal ICT education, such as ...