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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Balint training is used in many family medicine residency programs to encourage self-reflection and exploration of the physician-patient encounter. There is limited objective research, however, on outcomes of Balint training. This study's purpose was to determine whether Balint training is as…

The purpose of this research is to examine the relationship between quality of care in nursing homes and their likelihood of closure. We hypothesize that lower-quality facilities will be more likely to close than higher-quality facilities. Using the rates of physical restraint use, urethral catheterization, contracture…

Squamous-cell carcinoma of the larynx tends to metastasize frequently to cervical lymph nodes. In advanced laryngeal cancer, the status of neck nodes is of major importance for treatment selection and is the single most significant determinant of patient outcome. On the other hand, the presence of extracapsular spread…

The study's goal is to analyze the usefulness of Eco-Doppler in the knowledge of renal graft hemodynamics and the description of its dysfunction. 234 examinations were performed in 110 patients. Acceleration, mean rate (MR), maximum systolic rate (MXSR) and minimal diastolic rate (MNDR), as well as resistance index (RI…

Most cases of diabetes, a complex disorder that requires many lifestyle changes, can be controlled if persons adhere to their prescribed regimen. However, compliance is difficult to attain. Differences in explanatory models between client and practitioner have been suggested as one reason for non-compliance in several…

A 2 x 2 x 3 MANOVA was applied to MCMI BR scores obtained from 310 newly admitted psychiatric inpatients. The study's purpose was to test the effect of patients' age (age less than 36 vs. age greater than = 36), race (White/Black), and diagnosis (paranoid schizophrenic/nonparanoid schizophrenic/non-psychotic, nonaffect…

The assumption that hospital decision-making is hierarchical in character underpins the policy formulation process in public as well as pluralist national health care systems. This article's analysis of decision-making in a Danish public hospital reinforces the contrary assertion: that effective authority in acute-care…

BACKGROUND: The recent delineation of sinonasal tract osteochondromyxoma (STOX) as a distinct entity, characterized by PRKAR1A inactivation and association with Carney complex, represents a significant step forward in head and neck pathology (Bishop in Head Neck Pathol 19(1):117, 2025). CRITICAL ANALYSIS: While the di…

BACKGROUND: This study's aim was to examine the relationship between health care professionals' intersecting implicit attitudes about disability and race, and their beliefs about people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. METHODS: We had 784 health care professionals participate in the Intersecting Disab…

Emergency management agencies in New Zealand are increasingly engaging with communities to promote civic participation and collective action for reducing disaster risks. Utilising a mixed-methods approach, this paper explores the communication practices that support these efforts. The qualitative findings reveal that e…

This archival investigation of the Southern Medical and Surgical Journal (SMSJ) focuses on the construction of the American Ob/Gyn profession's medical knowledge system alongside chattel slavery, between 1834 and 1860. I find that language, methods of clinical management of bodies and decision-making processes illustra…

BACKGROUND: Cognitive models of mental contamination (i.e. feelings of internal dirtiness without contact with a contaminant) propose that these feelings arise when individuals misappraise a violation. However, an operational definition of 'violation' and identification of specific violation misappraisals is limited.…

OBJECTIVES: The study's aim is to assess if vulvar psoriasis and candidiasis may be distinguished by clinical presentation and histopathologic appearance. METHODS: The pathology database identified biopsies with corneal or subcorneal neutrophils, acanthosis, and dermal lymphocytic infiltrate. Exclusions were age young…

In recent years, while the relationship between the new financial institutions, represented by financial technology companies, and the traditional financial institutions(banks, securities, insurance, etc.) has been steadily enhanced, a New Relational Network has silently emerged. Along with the rapid expansion of big f…

Children who have been maltreated are at an increased risk of having their pain under-recognized and undertreated by healthcare professionals, and thus, are more susceptible to adverse outcomes associated with undertreated pain. This study's aims were to examine: () if healthcare professionals' pediatric pain knowledge…

Fitspiration (fitness inspiration) exposure on Instagram has been associated with body dissatisfaction, but minimal research has investigated interventions to protect against its negative effects. Values affirmation interventions, in which individuals reflect on a higher value to affirm their sense of personal worth, c…

The social validity of autism behavioral intervention has been questioned. Naturalistic Developmental Behavioral Interventions (NDBIs) attempt to address some concerns, but it is unclear whether autistic people consider NDBIs socially valid. Social validity of an NDBI, Pivotal Response Treatment (PRT), was investigated…

People can express their identity in different ways, one of which is through language. Non-binary individuals often speak in a gender-neutral way and use specific language forms. Language use not only reveals their identity but also can shape how others perceive them. The present study's purpose was to analyze how non-…

BACKGROUND: Not all patients respond well to early interventions for their psychosis. The present study's goal was to evaluate whether patients' responses in the first six months of treatment in a specialised three-year programme could predict final outcomes. METHODS: 206 early psychosis patients were assessed at base…

INTRODUCTION: Medical abortion is a safe, effective, and often preferred method of terminating an unintended pregnancy, but access can be made difficult by the laws of a state. Despite modern efforts to prevent unintended pregnancies in the U.S., they comprise almost half of pregnancies and 95% of abortions, signifying…