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Distribution by Scientific Domains
Medical Sciences60%
Humanities and Social Sciences40%

Selected Abstracts

Environmental indicators of transition,

ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY AND GOVERNANCE, Issue 2 2002
Nobuko Ichikawa
This paper uses a range of environmental indicators in order to assess the progress being made in addressing environmental transition challenges within the EBRD's 26 countries of operation. [In 2001, FR Yugoslavia joined the EBRD's member countries. As of February 2002, the EBRD's countries of operation are 27 countries.] The assessment is based on a survey carried out in summer 2000 among environment ministries in the region, which aimed to obtain information about economic/environmental interactions, environmental quality changes and developments in policy, institutional capacities and public participation. The paper evaluates the various national responses to the region's environmental problems. This includes an examination of environmental policy developments, frameworks for establishing environmental liability and systems of environmental funds. The final section looks at the development of public environmental initiatives and non-governmental organizations. Copyright © 2002 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. and ERP Environment. [source]

Nursing and midwifery: Millennium Development Goals and the global human resource crisis,

INTERNATIONAL NURSING REVIEW, Issue 1 2006
A. Green ba
The World Health Organization Global Advisory Group for Nurses and Midwives and wider stakeholders met in May 2005 against a background of concern over the disappointing progress being made towards the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). The meeting considered the urgent need to address human resource issues, particularly those related to nursing and midwifery, if the MDGs are to be achieved. [source]

Percutaneous liver biopsy in clinical practice

LIVER INTERNATIONAL, Issue 9 2007
Bandar Al Knawy
Abstract Percutaneous liver biopsy (PLB) is the standard procedure for obtaining hepatic tissue for histopathological examination, and remains an essential tool in the diagnosis and management of parenchymal liver diseases. The use of liver biopsy (LB) is increasing with the advent of liver transplantation and the progress being made in antiviral therapeutic agents. While blind percutaneous needle biopsy is the traditional technique, the use of ultrasound (US) guidance has increased considerably. Literatures were reviewed to assess the existing clinical practice of PLB with an emphasis on the technique, the operator, types of biopsy needles, quality of LB specimens and the risk of complications. The best available evidence indicates that the use of ultrasound-guided biopsy (UGB) is superior to blind needle biopsy (BNB). The odds ratios of the controlled studies showed that BNB carried a higher risk for major complications, postbiopsy pain and biopsy failure. Therefore, percutaneous LB under US control is superior to BNB and it is recommended that UGB be considered the standard of care for this important and widely used invasive procedure in the field of clinical hepatology. [source]

Leadership and management in the aged care sector: A narrative synthesis

AUSTRALASIAN JOURNAL ON AGEING, Issue 2 2010
Yun-Hee Jeon
The aim of this study is to examine the issues and the progress being made in leadership and management with relevance for the residential aged care workforce. A systematic review was conducted using scientific journal databases, hand searching of specialist journals, Google, snowballing and suggestions from experts. After a seven-tiered culling process, we conducted a detailed review of 153 papers relevant to leadership and management development in aged care. Strong, effective leadership and management promotes staff job satisfaction and retention, high care quality and the well-being of care recipients, and reduces associated costs. Good leadership and effective management also play a key role in bringing about a successful change to a positive workplace culture through innovative programs and research projects. Organisational investment in improving leadership and management skills and capabilities can only improve outcomes for staff stability and productivity, care quality and budgets, and better prepare the aged care sector. [source]

,Violent' deaths of children in England and Wales and the major developed countries 1974,2002: possible evidence of improving child protection?

CHILD ABUSE REVIEW, Issue 5 2008
Colin Pritchard
Abstract Child protection services are criticised for failing to prevent abuse but demonstrating successful prevention is impossible as it is trying to prove a ,negative'. The alternative is to examine ,failures', i.e. the ,violent' deaths of children (0,14 years) to indicate whether matters are improving or deteriorating. This paper uses the latest World Health Organisation data to compare children's ,violent' deaths in England and Wales with those in other major developed countries. To account for possible ,hidden' under-reported abuse deaths, undetermined, i.e. ,other external causes of death' (OECD) and fatal accidents and adverse events (AAE), deaths are also analysed along with homicides, to compare all ,violence-related' deaths between 1974,76 and 2000,02. England and Wales infant (<1 year) homicide rates were annually 57 per million but fell to 17 per million, a 74% fall. Infant AAE deaths fell in every country with England and Wales falling from 341 per million to 71 per million, a 76% reduction. Both these results were significantly better than those of eight other major developed countries, although England and Wales infant OECD at 26 per million, were high compared to the major developed countries. In the 1970s, combined ,violent' deaths of all children (0,14 years) (homicide, OECD and AAE) in England and Wales were 203 per million, they are now 61 per million, a 70% decline with only Italy having lower rates. The worst rates were in the USA which had the highest combined ,violent' death rate. These overall results in the major reductions of ,violence-related' deaths in England and Wales can be a boost to the morale of front-line staff and provide the public with an indication of the progress being made. Copyright © 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. [source]