PROVIDING EQUITY OF CARE FOR PATIENTS WITH INTELLECTUAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES IN WESTERN SWITZERLAND: A DESCRIPTIVE INTERVENTION IN A UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL

Abstract Background The purpose of this article is to describe an interventional project in a University Hospital.It explains the adjustments that were made to provide good care for patients with intellectual and developmental disabilities in an acute care setting in Western Switzerland.It is not the exposition of the results of a formalised resear

Appeal to this research problem is due to the need for scientific and theoretical analysis of social and political processes occurring in the modern Russian state through the prism of revolutionary upheavals of the early 20th century and the increased interest of the scientific and general public to them in connection with the 100th anniversary of

Cognitive tele-assessment (CTA) adoption has increased considerably recently, in parallel with the maturation of the digital technologies that enable it, and the push to move assessment to the online format during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2019.This mode of assessment stems from remote assessment applications that originated in general tele-medicine

In the past three decades Qatar, Abu Dhabi and Dubai have realised a meteoric economic rise.Whereas the former two can be considered ‘rentier states’ heavily depending on oil (and gas) revenues, the latter only leans on oil for a mere 6% of its gross domestic product (GDP).Although the economic rise has brought considerable welfare, it

Abstract Background Syringe services programs (SSPs) are an evidence-based harm reduction strategy that reduces dangerous sequelae of injection drug use among people who inject drugs (PWID) such as overdose.SSP services include safer injection education and community-based naloxone distribution programs.This study evaluates differences in overdose-