Formality indexes interactional closure: it limits the possibilities for the renegotiation of agreements and decisions. In this article the focus is on how formality is constructed in organizational settings. The article ...

Any infection can potentially develop into sepsis. Many patients present to the Emergency Department (ED) with infection and go on to require antibiotics. However, the timeliness of antibiotics can make a difference to ...

Drug use in young people has serious ramifications for health and well-being of young people and their families and continues to be an area of major concern for health workers.Though the task of dealing with drug-related ...

After previous preliminary observations of paradoxical deletion events affecting the inactive X chromosome in melanoma, we have surveyed the X chromosome for deletions using 23 polymorphic microsatellite markers in 28 ...

Current funding mechanisms can impede the efficient use and integration of telemedicine services. Tefemedicine has developed in Australia against a background of complex funding arrangements and interwoven health-care ...

The Australian investment in technological support for the collection and analysis of hospital data has paid off in the creation of data depositories that can be used for system and policy analysis. Yet the inquiries ...

A review of key historical texts that mentioned perineal care was undertaken from the time of Soranus (98¿138 A.D.) to modern times as part of a PhD into perineal care. Historically, perineal protection and comfort were ...

This paper explores the dynamic differentiation and reorganization of healers within a plural medical system from the birth of the union clinics in the early 1950s to the popularization of barefoot doctors in Chinese ...

Aim To examine the influence of nurse manager span (number of direct report staff), time in staff contact, transformational leadership practices and operational hours on nurse supervision satisfaction. Background Increasing ...

Modern technology and treatments are improving survival rates of children, but with the consequence of an increasing number of children growing up with chronic disease and disability. The increase in numbers will provide ...