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Delivering healthcare to undocumented migrants presents a complex challenge for healthcare providers. Integrating advocacy efforts into their daily practices can be ambiguous in practical terms, stemming from the intricate task of addressing the health needs of this population while simultaneously advocating ...
critical interpretive synthe- sis, a qualitative synthesis methodology described by Dixon-Woods and colleagues.20 Qualitative synthesis is "any methodology whereby [qual- itative] study findings are systematically interpreted through a series of expert judgements to represent the meaning of the co...
With the growing prevalence of long-term conditions, patients want to make sense of their health problems in the wider context of individual purpose and meaning. King and Bushwick (1994) found up to 77 per cent of their patients would like spiritual issu...
Handle with care: Caring for children with autism spectrum disorder in the ED AS A NEW NURSE and a mother, I expected my two roles to collide at times. Skinned knees and sleepless nights that come with the mom territory can have added meaning to a nurse. One day, my two roles not onl...
Thanks to leaps forward in the development of antiretrovirals in recent years, an HIV diagnosis no longer has to be a life-altering moment. But many of Hahn’s patients are unaware of recent medical breakthroughs, meaning she gets to be the one to share Big Pharma’s good news. ...
The argument advanced in this article is that advocacy in evaluation is inevitable. This is so when advocacy is understood not as program partisanship or contaminating bias, but rather as a value commitment to a particular regulative ideal (of rational decision making, interpretive meaning, community...
The plastic surgeon I consulted in June 2022 had a completely different meaning of ‘aesthetic.’ He kindly offered to artistically rebuild my breasts, mostly using flaps from my tummy or lower back. More surgeries, more painful scars, more years lost…I politely declined. Even the post-operati...
By reviewing the etymology, sociology and anthropology of health, this controversial guide examines the meaning of health, and proves how a community-centered healthcare system improves local economy, creates social capital and is affordable, rational, personal, and just. Buy Book PROGRAMS A lively ...
The article focuses on the "ASHE Advocacy Report," by the American Society for Healthcare Engineering (ASHE). It cites that the report explains in laymen's terms the codes and standards issues faced by hospitals and health care facilities. It describes the articles of the report, including the...