Objective:Health includes physical and mental health.However,the importance of mental health of postgraduates is often ignored in China’s medical universities.The mental health education in most medical universities ...
Objective:This paper explores lessons learnt from national health policies,strategies and nutrition interventions introduced in Zimbabwe post-independence to address the burden of micronutrient deficiencies.Methods:A ...
Background:Recognition and treatment of emotional distress,which affects 20 to 40%of outpatients with type 1 or type 2 diabetes,are important because of its association with worse diabetes self-care,poor glycemic cont...
During a semi-structured interview we ask the participants several questions based on the perceived role of the interviewee within the informed consent process.We asked questions pertaining to how informed consent unr...
The Journal of Health Science,a bimonthly professional academic journal,is striving to provide the best platform for researchers and scholars worldwide to exchange their latest findings and results.Journal of Health S...
In this review article we examine the laws and rulings regarding informed consent.It is well known that the patient must give valid consent to medical treatment;and it is his or her prerogative to refuse treatment eve...
We extend our appreciation to every mother and child who participated in this study.We would also like to thank the Harare City Health Department for permitting us to carry out our study.DTC received support from the National Institutes of Health Fogarty International Center(grant#D43TW007991);the DAAD German Exchange Service scholarship(grant#A1294524).
Introduction:Optimal breastfeeding and complementary feeding have been proven to reduce malnutrition.Declining socio-economic environment is associated with poor feeding practices,high morbidity,and risk of malnutriti...
Introduction:The proven radio sensitivity and the position of the thyroid gland make it a significant organ during the dental radiography exposure.Objectives:This study compared the surface radiation dose to the thyro...
These days the most devasting disease that is even worse than the new pandemic COVID19 is commonly spreading and exists is human depression to be more specific.The world-wide episode of depression is something that ha...
We would like to thank all the doctors who kindly gave their time to be interviewed for this study.We also thank the nurses and other healthcare workers in the National Capital District and Kwikila District in hospitals,healthcare centers and private medical centers who participated in the research.We also extend our sincere thanks to the traditional healers.Finally we thank the patients who attended the interviews,gave all their valuable times,and assisted the research team throughout the field work.We appreciate and value everyone that gave their support to this research.Authors would like to thank Tharapiyap Holdings(Ltd)(PNG)for providing financial assistance to conduct the research and financial assistance to support the administration expenses.
This paper examines informed consent in medical practice.We have explored the notion of consent and determined its underlying theory and important attributes.We argue that consent is a permissive state of mind that wa...